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Joseph Brusgard

Five candidates compete in Missouri's 6th District Republican primary as incumbent Graves retires

Five candidates are running in the Republican primary for Missouri's 6th Congressional District on August 4, 2026. Two have led in media attention: Chris Stigall (R) and Nathan Willett (R). Incumbent Sam Graves (R) is retiring from public office.

Missouri Independent's Jason Hanccock wrote that the election "could become a proxy war between Trumpworld and Jeff Roe’s political universe."

Roe is a political consultant, former chief of staff to Graves, and founder of the Republican political firm Axiom Strategies. In 2024, Roe supported Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R-Fla.) presidential bid. According to reporting by Politico's Daniel Lippman, President Donald Trump (R) and his advisers "told down-ballot Republican candidates not to hire Republican strategist Jeff Roe or his political consulting firm after Roe worked to elect Ron DeSantis."

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