Posted on Jul 18, 2022
Republican Eric Schmitt hopes Trump-style politics will win him Missouri Senate nomination
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As a state senator, Schmitt valued cooperation over confrontation. But since becoming Attorney General, he's spent much of his time on legal actions against the Biden Administration — including attempting to overturn the 2020 election — and fighting local COVID-19 health rules.
This story is part of a series of profiles on leading candidates for Missouri’s open U.S. Senate race, from the Missouri Independent.
There’s an old joke around Jefferson City that AG stands for aspiring governor. And there’s a lot of truth in the jest.
Five of the 12 most recent attorneys general have run for governor. Three won.
But the office has more often been a step on the ladder to the U.S. Senate, with eight of those 12 reaching for the next rung.
This story is part of a series of profiles on leading candidates for Missouri’s open U.S. Senate race, from the Missouri Independent.
There’s an old joke around Jefferson City that AG stands for aspiring governor. And there’s a lot of truth in the jest.
Five of the 12 most recent attorneys general have run for governor. Three won.
But the office has more often been a step on the ladder to the U.S. Senate, with eight of those 12 reaching for the next rung.
Republican Eric Schmitt hopes Trump-style politics will win him Missouri Senate nomination
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For Schmitt, defeat on Aug. 2 won’t push him out of the public arena. His term as attorney general does not end until 2025 and there are no limits on the number of times he can run for re-election.
Terry Smith, a political science professor at Columbia College, said in a recent interview with The Independent that he’s not sure Trump will make an endorsement. Trump has endured some high-profile defeats along with many victories in this year’s GOP races.
“He has been burned enough by prematurely endorsing losers that I think he reads the polls just like you and I do, and he is getting more strategic about his endorsements,” Smith said.
The latest Trafalgar Group poll, taken in late June, showed a 1.2-percentage-point spread between Hartzler, who was leading, Greitens and Schmitt.
“If these polls stay like they are, there will be no endorsement,” Smith predicted.
But he agrees with Trump that if the former president does endorse, it will decide the primary.
Schmitt’s strategy is to get Trump to see it as a two-way contest. In the Dobb’s interview, Schmitt presented the case that he has likely made to Trump himself.
“This race comes down to me and Eric Greitens, who quit and was a former governor, lots of scandals, would lose the seat to the Democrats,” Schmitt said. “It’s just a mess. And he’s a quitter.”"
..."Schmitt’s path
For Schmitt, defeat on Aug. 2 won’t push him out of the public arena. His term as attorney general does not end until 2025 and there are no limits on the number of times he can run for re-election.
Terry Smith, a political science professor at Columbia College, said in a recent interview with The Independent that he’s not sure Trump will make an endorsement. Trump has endured some high-profile defeats along with many victories in this year’s GOP races.
“He has been burned enough by prematurely endorsing losers that I think he reads the polls just like you and I do, and he is getting more strategic about his endorsements,” Smith said.
The latest Trafalgar Group poll, taken in late June, showed a 1.2-percentage-point spread between Hartzler, who was leading, Greitens and Schmitt.
“If these polls stay like they are, there will be no endorsement,” Smith predicted.
But he agrees with Trump that if the former president does endorse, it will decide the primary.
Schmitt’s strategy is to get Trump to see it as a two-way contest. In the Dobb’s interview, Schmitt presented the case that he has likely made to Trump himself.
“This race comes down to me and Eric Greitens, who quit and was a former governor, lots of scandals, would lose the seat to the Democrats,” Schmitt said. “It’s just a mess. And he’s a quitter.”"
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I do not live in Missouri but look for a candidate that can bring people together versus the often hateful rhetoric that Trump used. He had some very good policies but couldn't bring two pieces of Bread together as a Sandwich much less bring the people together as we should be as one nation.
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