Austin Petersen Places 3rd in Missouri GOP Primary

"After shocking Libertarians across the country by announcing his intent to run for US Senate as a Republican, former Libertarian presidential candidate Austin Petersen finished 3rd in Tuesday’s primary, having been abysmally outperformed by current Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley. Petersen received 8.3% of the vote, more than 50% behind Hawley and 1.5% behind rival Tony Monetti. This year’s GOP primary included eleven candidates, a fact that certainly didn’t help The Libertarian Republic founder’s chances as over 155,000 votes went to the eight other candidates behind him."

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