He will serve alongside Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), who will be up for re-election in 2022. Hawley will serve on the Senate as the representative for Missouri for the next six years and will be up for re-election in 2024.
Trump and has vocally supported the current administration’s actions, including implementing a child-separation policy at the Southern border, the impositions of trade-tariffs and the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the supreme court.
He has been endorsed by President Donald J. Hawley believes both the Affordable Care Act and abortion are unconstitutional and that human trafficking can be blamed on the women’s sexual revolution of the 1960s. Hawley has been involved in lawsuits against several prominent companies, including search engine Google and drug companies Purdue Pharma, Endo Health Solutions and Janssen Pharmaceuticals.Įndorsed by a number of conservative groups – including the Senate Conservatives Fund, the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund and the National Rifle Association, Hawley is a strict believer in traditionally right-wing ideals. Courtesy of The New York Times.Ī self-proclaimed “ constitutional conservative ,” Hawley has served as the Attorney General for Missouri since 2017 and has built a reputation as an advocate for religious liberty and reduced government. On Monday night, Kunce scored a win by securing the backing of Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont.Īs described by Bryan Lowry, politics editor of the Kansas City Star: “While the much-anticipated Trump endorsement fizzled into a general approval of Erics, a big endorsement in the Democrat race came down in Missouri.Map of Senate election results in Missouri. On the Democratic side of the race, Lucas Kunce and Trudy Busch Valentine are the leading contenders to take on whichever Eric (or other candidate) emerges from the Trumpian scrum. In a tweet, Greitens said he was “proud to be the only candidate” – and only Eric – “in Missouri endorsed by Donald Trump Jr”.
But Greitens perhaps stole something of a march on Schmitt when he trumpeted an endorsement from a second Donald – the former president’s first son. Yet another Eric, Trump’s second son, Eric Trump, did not immediately comment. On Twitter, Claire McCaskill, a former Democratic senator from Missouri, was among those to point out the existence of a third Eric – a long-shot candidate – writing: “Congratulations Eric McElroy on Donald Trump’s endorsement! Time for a press conference. As the only America First candidate who has actually fought for election integrity, border security and against the Left’s indoctrination of our kids – I’ll take that fight to the Senate to SAVE AMERICA!”īoth men said they thanked Trump by phone. Regardless, Schmitt followed up, writing: “I’m grateful for President Trump’s endorsement. Trump used those words on his Truth Social platform. President Trump said it best when he characterised Schmitt’s campaign as ‘great dishonesty in politics’.” Greitens got there first, saying: “I’m honored to receive President Trump’s endorsement. There are three Erics in the Missouri race.Īmong the real contenders, according to polling, are Eric Greitens, a scandal-plagued former governor, and Eric Schmitt, the state attorney general. “There is a BIG election in the Great State of Missouri,” the former president said on Monday, adding: “I trust the Great People of Missouri, on this one, to make up their own minds … I am therefore proud to announce that ERIC has my Complete and Total Endorsement!”