Missouri Republican governor's race tops primary contests
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri's most competitive Republican governor's primary race in two decades is coming to a close Tuesday.
Missouri voters will choose from among four well-funded candidates in the GOP governor's primary. Democrats also will select their gubernatorial nominee to replace term-limited Gov. Jay Nixon.
Primary voters will pick a full slate of candidates for Missouri's statewide executive offices, the U.S. Senate and House, the state Legislature and numerous local offices.
Election officials are predicting a voter turnout of 31 percent.
Republican gubernatorial candidates John Brunner, Eric Greitens, Catherine Hanaway and Peter Kinder had together already spent more than $22 million as of about two weeks before the election.
Not since 1992 has there been a Republican governor's primary as hotly contested with as many candidates.
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