Now he can add another item: Republican nominee for Missouri governor.
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Secretary of State Jason Kander today announced the unofficial voter turnout in yesterday’s primary election was 24.8 percent.
The governor’s race topped a full ballot Tuesday as voters selected their party nominees for the November 8 general election.
Good people of Missouri, former Navy SEAL (and former Democrat) Eric Greitens would like to be your next Governor.
Kinder claimed his experience serving in the legislature would have made him an effective governor.
A gubernatorial voter for businessman John Brunner also cited his qualifications while also bemoaning the abundance of attack ads.
Greene County Clerk Shane Shoeller said the weather was fine in Springfield but voter turnout nonetheless was fairly light. Koster, a former Republican state senator and prosecuting attorney, touted himself as a “conservative Democrat” in his victory speech and pledged a campaign showing that “fiscal conservativism and social tolerance can live together in our state”.
The four combined to spend more than $22 million, according to figures released about two weeks before the election. Nixon, like Koster, served as attorney general before winning election to the state’s top elected position.
But not everyone believes the advertisement to be “tasteless”, as evidenced by Greitens’ success in the primary election.
Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens speaks to a crowd of supporters at the DoubleTree Hotel Chesterfield on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, in Chesterfield, Mo.
Lt. governor Peter Kinder lost a failed bid on Tuesday to become the Republican nominee for Missouri governor.
The backgrounds of the four Republicans were one of the few ways they could distinguish themselves in the primary. He had just completed an intense primary race with three other candidates.
Voting runs from 6 a.m.to 7 p.m.
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Koster, at last report, had almost $11 million in his campaign warchest.
