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Missouri AG Eric Schmitt beats Greitens in GOP Senate race

Missouri AG Eric Schmitt beats Greitens in GOP Senate race

Missouri AG Eric Schmitt beats Greitens in GOP Senate race

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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has defeated former Gov. Eric Greitens and 19 others in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate.

Republican leaders have long feared that a Greitens win would jeopardize a red state Senate seat in the November general election.

Greitens resigned four years ago in the midst of a sex scandal, two criminal charges that were eventually dropped amid a very real risk of impeachment.

This year, his ex-wife accused him of abuse.

Republican Sen. Roy Blunt’s announcement last year that he would not seek a third term set off a frenzy for his job, with nearly three dozen people in the two major parties filing to run.

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