The race for U.S. Senate in both parties has garnered the lion's share of attention — and spending — with candidates and PACs pumping $47.7 million into the campaign (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images).
The openings created by the ambitions of two Republican members of Congress are producing hot undercard primaries for GOP voters in central and southwest Missouri.
And political action committees, some with known names and others created just for these races, are flooding the 4th and 7th Congressional Districts with attack ads that indicate who the political professionals think are the biggest threats to their favorites.
The race for U.S. Senate in both parties has garnered the lion’s share of attention — and spending — with candidates and PACs pumping $47.7 million into the campaign.
In addition to the 4th and 7th Districts, Democrats are spending big to win in the St. Louis-focused 1st Districts, with all three races combined costing around $10.5 million.
The only other statewide race on the ballot besides the U.S. Senate race is the campaign for state auditor, where Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick and state Rep. David Gregory are facing off in a race that has cost arouned $1.8 million so far.
Incumbents in two reliably Republican districts are running in the Senate primary: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler in the 4th District and U.S. Rep. Billy Long in the 7th District. That brought out seven Republican candidates in the 4th and eight GOP contenders in the 7th.
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