[Evil Slayer]

Curious that the replacement names do NOT include the 2nd and 3rd runners up challengers.

That's what I thought too. Why isn't the voters represented rather than the GOP-e? Should be Steelman next.

[TomGuy]

Primary results:

2nd GOP runner up was Brunner with 180,788 votes;

3rd GOP runner up was Steelman with 176,127 votes.

[ari-freedom]

“That’s what I thought too. Why isn’t the voters represented rather than the GOP-e? “

Because they were the ones who picked Akin. :/