Eric Greitens casts a long shadow over Missouri's unpredictable Republican Senate primary

Six major candidates are squaring off Aug. 2 in the Missouri GOP Senate primary, but since they're generally similar on high-profile issues, much of the run-up revolves around whether Greitens can overcome his many scandals or whether his opponents can appeal enough to an increasingly Republican state.
Inside a restaurant in Jefferson County, dozens of people crammed into a back room to hear U.S. Senate hopeful Eric Greitens speak.

Before launching into his stump speech that excoriated President Joe Biden’s domestic and foreign policy agenda, the former governor alluded to the extreme tension between himself and other members of the Missouri Republican Party.

“And one thing that’s really important for us to recognize at this moment is that we’re going to win and we are not going to become our enemies,” Greitens said at the recent campaign stop. “We’re not going to become them.”