Talk Show Host Chris Stigall Wins GOP Nomination, Will Face Democrat Challenger Josh Smead
Stigall won 44% of the vote and will face Democrat Josh Smead after Sam Graves' retirement opened the seat, the Associated Press said.
- Conservative talk radio host Chris Stigall won the five-way Republican primary for Missouri's 6th Congressional District on Tuesday, securing about 44% of the vote and defeating Kansas City Councilman Nathan Willett by 12 percentage points.
- The primary follows the retirement of U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, who represented the 6th Congressional District for 26 years and held the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chair.
- During the campaign, the Come And Take It PAC spent over $1 million attacking Willett, questioning his loyalty to President Donald Trump and labeling him "woke." The PAC maintained ties to political consultant Jeff Roe.
- Stigall advances to the November general election against Democratic nominee Josh Smead, an architect from Liberty who secured nearly 48% of the vote in his own primary.
- If elected, Stigall said he intends to "fight for a seat on the House Agriculture Committee," a priority for representing the district's more than 27,000 farms and agricultural interests.
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NRCC Statement on MO-06
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) released the following statement on Missouri’s 6th Congressional District primary election: “Missouri’s 6th congressional district is ruby red and Republicans are set to hold this seat as we retain and expand our majority this fall. Chris Stigall is a Missouri native and trusted voice that will fight for commonsense conservative values, always putting the people of northe…
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Chris Stigall wins Republican primary for Missouri’s 6th Congressional District
Conservative talk radio host Chris Stigall triumphed in a five-way Republican primary for Missouri’s 6th Congressional district on Tuesday. The four-and-a-half month campaign to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Sam Graves has brought Stigall throughout Missouri’s largest congressional district, traveling over…
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