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Top GOP Senate recruit Ann Wagner won’t challenge Claire McCaskill

By David M. Drucker
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Top GOP Senate recruit Ann Wagner won’t challenge Claire McCaskill

Rep. Ann Wagner has opted against a 2018 Senate bid, choosing re-election to the House over challenging vulnerable Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill.

Wagner’s surprise move, finalized over the weekend, is a blow to the Republican Party. She was the leadership’s prized Senate recruit in Missouri and viewed as the answer to McCaskill, endangered but scrappy.

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