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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jack Suntrup

Missouri Democrat Scott Sifton launches bid for US Senate in 2022

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A south St. Louis County Democrat said Monday he would try to flip one of Missouri's Republican-held U.S. Senate seats in the November 2022 election.

Former state Sen. Scott Sifton, from Affton in south St. Louis County, announced his bid Monday morning on Twitter in a video announcement. He could face Republican Sen. Roy Blunt next year — if Blunt decides to run again and both men win their party nominations.

In the video announcement, Sifton said Blunt was "too weak" to stand up to the GOP's election "lies," and said Missourians needed a senator who would "work every day to help your future, not just his own." While Sifton faces an uphill battle in increasingly Republican Missouri, some Democrats say he can appeal to the state's conservative electorate.

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