O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has won election to the U.S. Senate.
He defeated Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine and kept what’s considered a safe Republican seat in GOP hands as the party fought for control of the Senate. S
chmitt will take the seat occupied for the past 12 years by Republican Roy Blunt, who announced in March 2021 he would not seek a third term — ending a half-century career in politics.
Missouri was once a swing state but has moved decidedly to the right over the past decade.
Valentine had plenty of money to spend — she’s the daughter of the late longtime Anheuser-Busch chairman, August Busch Jr. But she lacked name recognition and her campaign never gained momentum.
