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Schmitt received more votes than U.S. Reps. Vicky Hartzler and Eric Greitens combined, turning what was expected to be a close race into a rout. Source: AP News Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate with surprising ease on Tuesday, putting an end to months of concern among GOP leaders that scandal-plagued former Gov. Eric Greitens would win the primary and jeopardise what should be a reliably red seat in November. Schmitt will be challenged in November by Trudy Busch Valentine, the Anheuser-Busch beer heiress who defeated Marine veteran Lucas Kunce and nine others in the Democratic primary. Both are also up against a well-funded independent, John Wood, who is backed financially by former Senator John Danforth. Schmitt had more votes than his nearest two competitors — U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler and Greitens — combined, turning what was expected to be a close race into a blowout. "I'm proud of my working-class roots, and I'm going to...