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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday with surprising ease, ending months of worry among GOP leaders that scandal-scarred former Gov.

Missouri Republicans picked Attorney General Eric Schmitt to advance in the states unpredictable U.S. Senate race, a move that seems likely to keep the seat out of reach for Democrats.

Missouri Republicans picked Attorney General Eric Schmitt to advance in the state's unpredictable U.S. Senate race, a move that seems likely to keep the seat out of reach for Democrats.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has defeated scandal-scarred former Gov. Eric Greitens and 19 others in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. He will...

Schmitt had more votes than his nearest two competitors — Hartzler and Greitens combined — turning what was expected to be a tight race into a blowout.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt defeated scandal-scarred former Gov. Eric Greitens and 19 others Tuesday in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. Republican leaders have long feared that a Greitens win would jeopardize a red state Senate seat in the November general election. Greitens resigned four years ago in the midst of a sex scandal, two criminal charges that were eventually dropped amid a very real risk of impeachment.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has defeated scandal-scarred former Gov. Eric Greitens and 19 others in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate

The primary will determine if Republican voters are willing to overlook former Gov. Eric Greitens’ scandals enough to make him their nominee for U.S. Senate.

State Attorney General Eric Schmitt won Missouri’s Republican Senate primary on Tuesday, beating out other contenders in the state’s crowded battle to replace retiring GOP Sen. Roy Blunt.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has defeated scandal-scarred former Gov. Eric Greitens and 19 others in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate