Eric Schmitt

Attorney General Eric Schmitt held off former Gov. Eric Greitens, Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler and others to win the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday.

The former president said: "I trust the great people of Missouri on this one to make up their own minds, much as they did when they gave me landslide victories in the 2016 and 2020 elections, and I am therefore proud to announce that ERIC has my complete and total endorsement."

Attorney General Eric Schmitt is in a tight race that includes former Gov. Eric Greitens and Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler.

Six major candidates are squaring off Aug. 2 in the Missouri GOP Senate primary, but much of the talk is around former Gov. Eric Greitens.

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen approved a plan Friday that would use federal coronavirus relief funds to help those seeking abortions in another state. Advocates say this is necessary to protect women’s reproductive health.

Stephen Limbaugh wrote that Schmitt had no jurisdiction over a ‘novel complaint’ filed in April 2020. Schmitt quickly filed an appeal.

Defense attorneys for three men accused of criminal negligence in the 2018 duck boat tragedy on Table Rock Lake said Missouri law doesn’t allow the Missouri Attorney General to bring criminal charges without an invitation from a local prosecutor.

Eric Schmitt’s investigation appears to stem from a request his office received from a Georgia-based conservative nonprofit, which has recently turned its focus to Missouri schools. Mehlville and Webster Groves are among the school districts facing subpoenas.

Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office argues that even though private emails pertained to public business, they were not public records

The districts facing new litigation have all been previously sued by Schmitt and include the Special School District of St. Louis County, Maplewood Richmond Heights, Clayton, Ladue, Webster Groves and Mehlville.