(Photos by Dustin Freund)

WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Missouri Girls State held its annual press conference Thursday afternoon at Hendricks Hall on the campus of the University of Central Missouri in which members of the Girls State press asked questions of the Girls State candidates for state office.

Each candidate was given the opportunity to answer a variety of questions, ranging from legislation responsibilities of the attorney general to questions about the amount of free time available to the participants of Girls State.

The Girls State officials were voted on Thursday night and the results can be found at http://www.missourigirlsstate.org/2007.html

Kendra Brooks was one of many candidates who answered questions posed from the GIrls State press.