Mike Kehoe Wins Missouri GOP Nomination for Governor

Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe prevailed in a three-way race for the Republican Party’s nomination.

Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, a Republican, with his family behind him speaks at his election night event on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Jefferson City, Missouri. Austin Alonzo/The Epoch Times

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe won the inside track to take the Missouri governor’s mansion in November.

Missouri Republican primary voters on Aug. 6 picked Kehoe over his closest GOP challengers. As of 12:15 a.m. ET on Aug. 7, with more than 95 percent of the vote counted, Kehoe took 39.4 percent of the vote. He prevailed over Missouri state Sen. Bill Eigel, with 32.5 percent of the vote, and Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, who came in third at 23.3 percent.