JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt won Missouri’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, defeating a scandal-plagued former governor and a six-term congresswoman on his way to the nomination.
Schmitt was winning about 45% of the Republican primary vote in the race to succeed U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt. His closest competitors, former Gov. Eric Greitens and U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler, were trailing, with Hartzler taking 23% and Greitens winning 19% of the vote with 51% of the expected vote in, according to Politico.
Before 8:30 p.m. Central time, U.S. Rep. Billy Long, R-Springfield, another contender in the GOP primary, said he had conceded to Schmitt. The Associated Press called the race for Schmitt at about 9 p.m.
