The Fox News Decision Desk projects Republican Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe to triumph the open Missouri governor's race, defeating Democratic challenger Crystal Quade.
During his candidacy, Kehoe served arsenic the lieutenant politician of Missouri, and was a erstwhile authorities legislator and businessman. He has made nationalist information a cornerstone of his run by pledging to prosecute much instrumentality enforcement officers to trim transgression and enact harsher penalties for fentanyl dealers.
Kehoe, endorsed by erstwhile President Trump, has besides advocated for taxation cuts, including eliminating the state's income tax, and a beardown pro-business agenda.
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The Republican campaigner for Missouri governor, Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe. (The Associated Press)
Quade, the number person successful the Missouri House, ran connected a progressive level centered astir expanded entree to abortion, kid attraction and nationalist education.
Bill Slaintz, a libertarian challenger, is simply a concern proprietor with a inheritance successful vigor and tv consulting. Slantz's run focused connected limiting authorities intervention, the abolition of income taxes, Social Security and minimum wage laws.
Green Party campaigner Paul Lehman, a retired husbandman and erstwhile minister, campaigned connected biology sustainability and societal justice. One of his argumentation proposals was implementing cosmopolitan wellness attraction and shifting to renewable vigor sources.
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Missouri's gubernatorial elections person leaned Republican successful the past respective years, arsenic Gov. Mike Parson won successful 2020 aft initially assuming bureau successful 2018 erstwhile Eric Greitens, besides a Republican, resigned.
Prior to Parson, Greitens won the 2016 election, continuing the state's inclination of GOP leadership. Prior to that, Democrat Gov. Jeremiah "Jay" Nixon held bureau from 2009 until the 2016 election.
Jamie Joseph is simply a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital sum of the Senate.