Posted on 08/02/2016 7:58:01 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
Former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens won the Republican primary for Missouri governor Tuesday after a hard-fought race in which he cast himself as a conservative outsider willing to use his military bravado to blow up perceived corruption in government.
Greitens prevailed over another self-described outsider, businessman John Brunner, and a pair of more experienced Republican leaders — longtime Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and former Missouri House Speaker and U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway.
He will face Attorney General Chris Koster, who easily won the Democratic gubernatorial primary, in the Nov. 8 general election.
The Missouri governor's office will be open because two-term incumbent Jay Nixon, a Democrat, has served the maximum amount allowed under state law and cannot seek re-election.
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From the article:
His Republican opponents also questioned whether Greitens truly is conservative. He attended the Democratic National Convention in Denver in 2008 for then presidential-nominee Barack Obama’s speech. And Greitens once was courted by Democrats as potential candidate.
Works for me!
My gut also says he’s a Democrat.
Speaking of Navy Seals, why is there never any other Seals with the “killer of Bin Laden” Rob O’Neill when he’s on Fox? I think I know the reason.
Good news.
Did Cynthia Davis win the nomination to run for Congress?
Missourians, outside the city limits of the two big cities, are quite sane.
I was not familiar with her or her candidacy.
She was crushed by 47 points by incumbent Blaine Luetkemeyer. According to Green Papers.com, she did not raise or spend a dime.
Damn. Didn’t vote for him but guess I will have to in November. There is just something I don’t like about him.
Great... making Missouri great again too.
Kansas, Missour, the U.S.A..., we’re on a roll.
YEAH another liberal Trojan Horse (was an Obama delegate at the ‘08 DNC Convention, has been a visitor to Obama’s whitehouse six times, his main financial backers are homosexual lobbyists) won big time - but he’s an “outsider” RIGHT!)
You think you are but you just got (or rather WE just lost) because slick DC/gay millions spent against conservatives for Trojan Horses!
Heeeey...
Wow. I know nothing of Kansas or Missouri politics but what started out as sounding like to great stories for the night has been tempered by some folk who live in those places.
Heck, those who live there know a lot better than me.
Darn.
There's no good news tonight or for the foreseeable future locally!
Liberals got their Trojan Horses in!
The Pro Trump guy beating the Anti Trump guy sounded like a good thing.
How misleading.
Wow.
Hate to say it but you sound more like a Debby downer snowflake tonight
Only the drive-by media would think it's "perceived"! Good grief!
Perceived corruption? Perceived? Reporters Lieb and Ballentine must be libs......
Congratulations Eric Greitens and welcome to the Conservative Tsunami of 2016!
He’s a democrat in republican clothing. Switched allegiances to get elected.
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