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FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2014 file photo lawmakers stand and applaud Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, top, during the annual State of the State address in Jefferson City, Mo. Nixon asked lawmakers during the address to bar discrimination based on sexual orientation, but while the announcement was met with praise from many Democrats, Republicans expressed caution on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon delivers the annual State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Jefferson City, Mo. Nixon proposed a nearly half-billion-dollar spending surge for public education Tuesday as he urged lawmakers to harness the revenues generated by an improving economy to make up for years of funding shortfalls for schools. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon greets lawmakers as he walks into the House chamber to deliver the annual State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Jefferson City, Mo. Nixon proposed a nearly half-billion-dollar spending surge for public education Tuesday as he urged lawmakers to harness the revenues generated by an improving economy to make up for years of funding shortfalls for schools. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon delivers the annual State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Jefferson City, Mo. Nixon proposed a nearly half-billion-dollar spending surge for public education Tuesday as he urged lawmakers to harness the revenues generated by an improving economy to make up for years of funding shortfalls for schools. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon delivers the annual State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Jefferson City, Mo. Nixon proposed a nearly half-billion-dollar spending surge for public education Tuesday as he urged lawmakers to harness the revenues generated by an improving economy to make up for years of funding shortfalls for schools. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, speaking in the Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo., on Friday, July 12, 2013, addresses the nearly three dozen pieces of legislation he has vetoed. (AP Photo/The Jefferson City News-Tribune, Julie Smith)

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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat, calls radio and TV ads urging businesses in Missouri to leave for Texas misleading. (Associated Press)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to business and Republican leaders in Chesterfield, Mo., in late August, warning them that unless there is an override of Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of an income-tax cut, he won't be the only governor trying to lure business away from Missouri. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch via Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Gov. Jay Nixon speaking at a news conference Friday, June 28, 2013, in his Missouri Capitol office in Jefferson City. (AP Photo/The Jefferson City News-Tribune, Julie Smith)