and with august recess approaching, senator sinema under pressure to support her party s manchin backed bill. suing over related to the shootings. his hearings slated for tomorrow. we begin with the key primary results and the implications for november. voters proved donald trump s support still matters but roe s defeat could upend the midterms. in missouri it was the battle of the ericks in the republican race for senate. in the end state attorney general eric schmitt defeated missouri s disgraced governor eric greitens. in kansas, abortion rights sailed to overwhelming victory with voters voting down a constitutional amendment that would have eroded rights in the state. it was the first statewide vote on abortion since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade and the implications of last night s results have democrats hopeful about the potential midterm impact. our team is covering both results this morning. nbc news correspondent and moderator of washington week on pbs
constitutional amendment that would have eroded rights in the state. it was the first statewide vote on abortion since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade and the implications of last night s results have democrats hopeful about the potential midterm impact. our team is covering both results this morning. nbc news correspondent and moderator of washington week on pbs is in st. louis, missouri and dasha burns is in oberlin park, kansas. in the end there could be only one eric. certainly, jose, and it was, of course, missouri attorney general eric schmitt who pulled out this victim, who was able to best eric greitens who is the embattled former governor of the state. eric schmitt is someone who is seen as the more moderate of the two ericks and tacked to the right to get the support of former president trump. he is also came out against mitch mcconnell being the senate majority leader saying that if republicans win back control of
and with august recess approaching, senator sinema under pressure to support her party s manchin backed bill. suing over related to the shootings. his hearings slated for tomorrow. we begin with the key primary results and the implications for november. voters proved donald trump s support still matters but roe s defeat could upend the midterms. in missouri it was the battle of the ericks in the republican race for senate. in the end state attorney general eric schmitt defeated missouri s disgraced governor eric greitens. in kansas, abortion rights sailed to overwhelming victory with voters voting down a
the senate he will not support him. echoing the criticism of former president trump last night eric schmitt took to the podium sounding very, very happy. take a listen. what a hard-fought campaign it s been and it should be because the issues we re facing as a country are important. i want to thank my republican opponents for their love of this state and for the love of this country. now is the time to unify in this fight against the radical progressives. now we should note that eric greitens did not, at this point, concede to eric schmitt. he is someone who, of course, was the embattled former governor of the state, greitens, he resigned in disgrace 18 months after being inaugurated as governor facing allegations of sexual abuse of domestic abuse, and also someone who has alienated himself from a lot of the republican party here in missouri.
36 hours of the race. he is someone who wanted to wield power and make sure he s continuing to influence the republican party, and he did just that in this race. one other thing, overall this race is something that we need to think through in terms of what happens in november. eric schmitt is seen as the person more likely to keep the seat. now that he has won this race, republicans in this state feel as though they will be able to keep the seat. that, of course, is going to be replacing roy blunt retiring as a republican in this state. 1996 was the last time a democrat presidential candidate won the state of missouri, it was bill clinton and 2012 the last time a democrat won a senate seat in this state, it was claire mccaskill. this is a state where trump is wildly popular, deeply red and eric schmitt is likely cruising to becoming the next senator from missouri, jose. and dasha, the victory for kansas abortion rights supporters is arguably the biggest headline of the night? yeah.