{"id":1410077,"date":"2022-03-30T12:30:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T16:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1410077"},"modified":"2022-03-30T12:31:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T16:31:02","slug":"anheuser-busch-heiress-announces-run-for-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anheuser-busch-heiress-announces-run-for-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Anheuser-Busch Heiress Announces Run For Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanheuser-busch-heiress-announces-run-for-senate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1410077&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>The heiress to Anheuser-Busch has thrown her hat in the ring to be Missouri\u2019s next senator in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Trudy Busch Valentine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rfWUAL2wkOQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> on Tuesday she would run as a Democrat, entering what has been a relatively quiet primary in the solidly red state. Former state Sen. Scott Sifton dropped out of the primary on Monday and called Busch Valentine \u201cthe best chance to win in November,\u201d the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-elections-eric-greitens-missouri-552de06cc5c9a085c0d4e6c10dea6a35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/16\/ted-cruz-josh-hawley-endorsements-vicky-hartzler-eric-schmitt-missouri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Republican primary<\/a> in Missouri has conversely been contentious, with Republicans calling on Eric Greitens to drop out of the race after his ex-wife <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/21\/sheena-greitens-eric-greitens-domestic-abuse-child-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accused<\/a> him of physically abusing her and one of their children.<\/p>\n<p>University of Missouri St. Louis political scientist David Kimball told the AP that a female Democratic nominee could aid in flipping the Senate seat if Greitens is on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>\u201cAssuming that Eric Greitens is the Republican nominee, then that makes for a clear contrast in efforts to highlight allegations of abuse against Greitens and his treatment of his family,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>A former governor, Greitens was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/06\/16\/eric-greitens-might-run-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">forced to resign<\/a> after sexual misconduct and campaign finance allegations were made against him. He has led the GOP primary in polling, but a new <a href=\"https:\/\/themissouritimes.com\/schmitt-takes-lead-in-us-senate-race-amid-latest-greitens-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll<\/a> from Remington Research Group, on behalf of Missouri Scout, showed opponent Eric Schmitt currently winning by 3 points.<\/p>\n<p>Busch Valentine cited her eldest son\u2019s death from an opioid overdose in 2020 as part of the reason she launched her campaign. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/22\/vicky-hartzler-scores-another-endorsement-frontrunner-loses-momentum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Vicky Hartzler Scores Another Endorsement As Frontrunner Loses Momentum)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatt\u2019s death brought so much sadness,\u201d she said in her announcement video. \u201cBut his death also reignites the passion in me to make a positive difference for others, this time on a larger scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The heiress to Anheuser-Busch has thrown her hat in the ring to be Missouri\u2019s next senator in Congress.Trudy Busch Valentine announced on Tuesday she would run as a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1410077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1410077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1410077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1410077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1410077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}