Eric Greitens could join his investigator, Josh Hawley, in Senate

By Mica Soellner

Published March 28, 2021 10:30am ET

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Eric Greitens could join his investigator, Josh Hawley, in Senate — Senator Josh Hawley, R-MO, walks past the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 4, 2019. | Graeme Jennings

The 2016 election cycle produced a pair of gold-plated resume Missouri Republican political stars. One, Josh Hawley, rose within two years from state attorney general to senator and became a national figure in the populist conservative mold of former President Donald Trump.

The other, Gov. Eric Greitens, lasted less than two years in office, felled by investigations related to an extramarital affair.

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