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The Cape Girardeau native was elected as the leader of the Missouri Republican Party earlier this month.

Peter Kinder defeated former state Sen. Bill Eigel in the race to lead the Missouri GOP.

Missouri is one of 11 states with formal chapters of the State Freedom Caucus Network, which aims to push Republicans to the right on issues such as immigration, voting access and transgender restrictions. But some Republicans say that the caucus is more interested in grandstanding.

The outcome of the contest was never in doubt as former President Donald Trump is widely expected to be the GOP nominee for president.

Some attendees of the Missouri Republican Party Lincoln Days said contested primaries for statewide posts are part of a new reality of the state becoming dominated by the GOP.

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher is facing calls for his resignation following revelations that he filed false expense reports with the legislature to be personally reimbursed for travel already paid for by his campaign.

The legislature declined to reinstate a state-run presidential primary this year, meaning that the parties are responsible for planning how delegates will be divided up next year.

Former first lady denies charges of conspiracy with Karl Rove and Mitch McConnell, says attack campaign could force her to speak to media.

Even as the Missouri Republican Party itself keeps quiet about the domestic violence allegations against U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens, a handful of women with prominent roles within the party started calling on him to drop his campaign.

The candidates at the Lincoln Days forum sought to distinguish their records and experience from each other, with the dividing line along a familiar theme in recent years: experience and time spent in Washington DC.