Missouri AG Eric Schmitt beats Greitens in GOP Senate race

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has defeated scandal-scarred 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.

You can find the results of today’s election below. You can find other election results here.

U.S. SENATOR

REPUBLICAN STATE OF MISSOURI

  • Vicky Hartzler  
    36.2%


    1,698

  • Eric Schmitt  
    33.5%


    1,571

  • Eric Greitens  
    15.1%


    709

  • Billy Long  
    6.2%


    291

  • Mark McCloskey  
    3.0%


    141

  • Patrick A. Lewis  
    1.1%


    51

  • Dave Schatz  
    0.9%


    43

  • Curtis D, Vaughn  
    0.5%


    24

  • Robert Allen  
    0.5%


    22

  • Darrell Leon McClanahan III  
    0.4%


    19

  • Dave Sims  
    0.4%


    20

  • Eric McElroy  
    0.3%


    15

  • Deshon Porter  
    0.3%


    14

  • Kevin C. Schepers  
    0.3%


    13

  • Rickey Joiner  
    0.3%


    12

  • Robert Olson  
    0.2%


    10

  • C.W. Gardner  
    0.2%


    10

  • Bernie Mowinski  
    0.2%


    9

  • Dennis Lee Chilton  
    0.1%


    7

  • Russel Pealer Breyfogle Jr  
    0.1%


    6

  • Hartford Tunnell  
    0.1%


    4

4,689
Last updated: August 2, 2022 8:09 PM 8:09 PM CDT

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