Hulshof defeats Steelman in Mo. GOP gov's race

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Congressman Kenny Hulshof defeated state Treasurer Sarah Steelman on Tuesday in a Missouri Republican gubernatorial primary that had seemed unthinkable just a few months ago.

Attorney General Jay Nixon easily won the Democratic nomination for governor.

Hulshof racked up large victory margins in his 9th Congressional District, carrying as much as 90 percent of the vote in some of those rural northeast Missouri counties. He also fared well in St. Louis County.