Missouri attorney general Eric Schmitt won the state's GOP Senate primary, edging out a 21-candidate field to replace incumbent Sen. Roy Blunt.
Schmitt attached himself to former President Trump throughout the campaign and said in an ad that he vows to "take a blowtorch to the Biden agenda," per theSchmitt, 47, has distanced himself from the establishment wing of the Republican Party, saying that he's "not interested in getting invited to cocktail parties" in Washington.
"We need more Trump Republicans who are willing to fight on big important issues and be unafraid and be disruptors," Schmitt said. "And that’s why I’m running."in the primary field that includes three candidates named "Eric," faced pressure from Republicans to endorse Schmitt, who was the only candidate in the race to have held an event at Trump's resort, per Politico.
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