NewsJune 27, 2019
Auditor Galloway plans to run for governor
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A top Missouri Democrat said Wednesday that Auditor Nicole Galloway is planning to run for governor in 2020. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported state party executive director Lauren Gepford said Galloway is "very serious about the race and is taking steps to assemble a team and the resources it would take to win."...
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A top Missouri Democrat said Wednesday that Auditor Nicole Galloway is planning to run for governor in 2020.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported state party executive director Lauren Gepford said Galloway is "very serious about the race and is taking steps to assemble a team and the resources it would take to win."
The 37-year-old Galloway, a Democrat, narrowly won a four-year term as auditor in November after being appointed to the post in 2015. She would be the first woman elected governor in Missouri.
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Democratic state Sen. Scott Sifton of St. Louis County has said he intends to run.
Incumbent Republican Gov. Mike Parson has more than $3 million in campaign funds.
Gepford said she didn't know when Galloway would make a formal announcement.
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