GOP Missouri AG Eric Schmitt Wins Open Senate Seat

St. Louis’s ABC affiliate reports:

Missouri Attorney General and Republican candidate Eric Schmitt won the U.S. Senate against Democratic candidate Trudy Busch Valentine, the Associated Press projects.

With 26% of precincts reporting at 9:15 p.m., Schmitt has 55% percent of the vote, while Busch Valentine has 43%. With the Constitution Party, Paul Venable so far secured 1% of the vote, and Jonathan Dine, the Libertarian candidate, with 2%.

He will fill the seat of Republican Sen. Roy Blunt. Blunt announced in March of 2021 that he would not seek reelection after 11 years in office.

Read the full article. Schmitt is the lead author of the lawsuit filed by GOP attorneys general against student debt relief.

Breaking: Eric Schmitt, Missouri’s Republican attorney general, wins the U.S. Senate race, defeating Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine. He will join Josh Hawley in Washington as Roy Blunt’s successor. #mosen https://t.co/Sd0ewpVemT

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