Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Nov. 8 won the race for a U.S. Senate seat representing Missouri, according to a race call.
The Associated Press called the race for Schmitt as he opened up a large lead over Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine.
“We did it. Thank you Missouri!” Schmitt said in a statement.
Schmitt, 47, had 63 percent of the vote to Valentine’s 34 percent as of 9:20 p.m., according to unofficial results from the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office.
That was with 819 of the state’s 3,266 precincts reporting.
Libertarian Jonathan Dine had 1.7 percent of the vote and Paul Venable of the Constitution Party had 0.7 percent….