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Ex-Navy SEAL Eric Greitens Wins Missouri Governor Primary
ABC News ^ | August 2, 2016 | David A. Lieb and Summer Ballentine

Posted on 08/02/2016 7:58:01 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff

Former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens won the Republican primary for Missouri governor Tuesday after a hard-fought race in which he cast himself as a conservative outsider willing to use his military bravado to blow up perceived corruption in government.

Greitens prevailed over another self-described outsider, businessman John Brunner, and a pair of more experienced Republican leaders — longtime Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and former Missouri House Speaker and U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway.

He will face Attorney General Chris Koster, who easily won the Democratic gubernatorial primary, in the Nov. 8 general election.

The Missouri governor's office will be open because two-term incumbent Jay Nixon, a Democrat, has served the maximum amount allowed under state law and cannot seek re-election.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: brunner; catherinehanaway; chriskoster; ericgreitens; greitens; hanaway; jaynixon; johnbrunner; kinder; koster; missouri; mo2016; nixon; peterkinder; primary
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1 posted on 08/02/2016 7:58:01 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Wow. Another outsider victory. The natives are restless.


2 posted on 08/02/2016 7:59:14 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

Sounds like a stand up guy. Congrats Missouri folk!! :)


3 posted on 08/02/2016 8:00:25 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Excellent


4 posted on 08/02/2016 8:00:31 PM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: Cboldt

I’m very surprised.


5 posted on 08/02/2016 8:00:32 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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6 posted on 08/02/2016 8:03:06 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Sounds good!


7 posted on 08/02/2016 8:05:33 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Read the whole article — could be another Trojan Horse “conservative,” like so many gopE RINOs who said they were with the Tea Party.


8 posted on 08/02/2016 8:07:48 PM PDT by nickedknack
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9 posted on 08/02/2016 8:08:11 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: nickedknack

I’m very surprised.


10 posted on 08/02/2016 8:14:13 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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Those drumbeats y’all are hearing in the distance ain’t some noise from Ferguson or Chicongo . . .


11 posted on 08/02/2016 8:15:13 PM PDT by tomkat (PC > we kill it, or it kills US)
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To: tomkat

WTP are coming


12 posted on 08/02/2016 8:16:41 PM PDT by Mjreagan
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To: nickedknack

That could be said of most anyone in politics. I’ll vote for him in November.


13 posted on 08/02/2016 8:42:36 PM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
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To: nickedknack

Like Ted Cruz?


14 posted on 08/02/2016 8:44:01 PM PDT by 38special (For real, y'all.)
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To: nickedknack

And you could be a left wing plant here..........


15 posted on 08/02/2016 8:44:51 PM PDT by Osage Orange (You hurt my family...you better watch your six.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Too bad this election sucks sooo much for outsiders.

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16 posted on 08/02/2016 8:57:14 PM PDT by glock rocks (Political Correctness is fascism disguised as manners. -- George Carlin)
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To: Cboldt
Great guy and military hero. A couple of risk factors--he went to a DNC convention and indicated support of Obama and his wife is at Harvard grad school. She is reputed to be a liberal. Don't think you can do Harvard online and it will make it questionable if she really wants him to be gov.

However, let us pray he is electable.... If Trump can carry MO by 6-10, we have a shot.

AND John Ashcroft's son will run for Secretary of State...unfortunately against a black woman tv anchor. We have to clean up the dead-voter rolls if we ever expect to win an election again.

17 posted on 08/02/2016 8:59:05 PM PDT by MHT (,`)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff; Clintonfatigued; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; StoneWall Brigade; campaignPete R-CT; ..

This highly competitive 4-way primary has a winner.

With 89% in it’s

Eric Greitens 34%
John Brunner 25%
Lt. Governor Peter Kinder 21%
Catherine Hanaway 20%

All I know about him, he’s an ex-Seal, and is a fairly recent convert (was a rat US House prospect in 2010). None of the GOP candidates were a no-brainier pick

The rat, AG Chris Koster, is an ex-RINO turncloack POS.

Rat domination of this office has been nothing less of disgusting. One narrow GOP win in 2004 the only victory since Ashcroft. That’s 1 out of the last 6. Meanwhile, Republicans have dominant control of the legislature.


18 posted on 08/02/2016 8:59:07 PM PDT by Impy (Never Shillery)
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To: Galactic Overlord-In-Chief; corlorde; SoFloFreeper

Ping to 18.


19 posted on 08/02/2016 9:00:23 PM PDT by Impy (Never Shillery)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
Eric Greitens has greatly exaggerated his time and experiences as a SEAL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n80ED088t5A
20 posted on 08/02/2016 9:05:34 PM PDT by muddytadpole
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