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Missouri GOP contenders distance themselves from McConnell

Missouri’s Republican Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt speaks at a campaign rally at a bar, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Summer Ballentine) Missouri’s Republican Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt speaks at a campaign rally at a bar, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Summer Ballentine) Missouri’s Republican Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt speaks at a campaign rally at a bar, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Summer Ballentine) Missouri’s Republican Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt speaks at a campaign rally at a bar, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Summer Ballentine) Missouri’s Republican Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt speaks at a campaign rally at a bar, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Summer Ballentine) Missouri’s Republican Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt speaks at a campaign rally at a bar, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Summer Ballentine) Missouri’s Republican Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt speaks at a campaign rally at a bar, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Summer Ballentine) Missouri’s Republican Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt speaks at a campaign rally at a bar, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Summer Ballentine) Missouri’s Republican Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt speaks at a campaign rally at a bar, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Summer Ballentine) Missouri’s Republican Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt speaks at a campaign rally at a bar, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Summer Ballentine) Missouri’s Republican Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt speaks at a campaign rally at a bar, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Summer Ballentine) Missouri’s Republican Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt speaks at a campaign rally at a bar, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Summer Ballentine) Missouri’s Republican Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt speaks at a campaign rally at a bar, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Summer Ballentine) FILE - Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, speaks at the Taney County Lincoln Day event at the Chateau on the Lake in Branson, Mo., April 17, 2021. As the U.S. Senate primary campaign nears its end in Missouri, all three of the leading Republican candidates are making it clear that if elected, they'll support someone other than Mitch McConnell in the top leadership role. Twenty-one Republicans are on the ballot Tuesday, with former Gov. Eric Greitens, Attorney General Eric Schmitt and U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler believed to be the leading contenders. Eleven Democrats are competing. (Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader via AP, File) U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler, left, greets people during a campaign stop in Pevely, Mo., on Thursday, July 28, 2022. Hartzler is among 21 Republicans running for a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri. Eleven Democrats also are on the ballot in the primary election on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jim Salter) This May 5, 2021 photo shows Trudy Busch Valentine. The daughter of the late chairman of the Anheuser-Busch Companies officially filed her candidacy for retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt's seat Monday, March 28, 2022. Missouri has become a reliably red state over the past decade, but Democrats see a glimmer of hope in this year’s U.S. Senate race — even if they’re split on which candidate is the best bet to pull off the upset. Trudy Busch Valentine is a retired health care worker and an heir to the Anheuser-Busch beer fortune who offers a nurse’s compassion and significant financial resources. With the Aug. 2 primaries approaching, scandal-tarred former Gov. Eric Greitens remains among the top contenders on the Republican side. Some Republicans fear a win for Greitens would open the door to a Democrat taking the seat. (Hillary Levin/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Missouri GOP contenders distance themselves from McConnell