While state Auditor Nicole Galloway, who is the only statewide Democrat left in Missouri, didn’t seem very likely to challenge GOP Gov. Mike Parson back in January, she seems a whole lot more interested now. Unnamed sources tell the Kansas City Star that Galloway “is leaning toward a run, and that Missouri’s eight-week abortion ban may be the factor that tips the scales.”
Galloway hasn’t publicly expressed interest yet, but over the weekend she made it very clear what she thinks about Parson and the anti-abortion bill he recently signed. Galloway told a Democratic gathering that the governor “wants rapists in Missouri to have more power over their victims,” and that “[h]e wants a woman’s decision over her healthcare to be criminalized. These positions are both extreme and cruel.”
Galloway also invoked former Gov. Eric Greitens, who resigned in disgrace last year and was succeeded by Parson. She told her audience, “When it comes to your state government, when it comes to secrecy and corruption, simply not being as awful as Eric Greitens is too low of a standard to strive for.”
Galloway was appointed state auditor in 2015 by then-Gov. Jay Nixon after Republican incumbent Tom Schweich died, and she ran for election for the first time last year. While 2018 wasn’t a very good year for Show Me State Democrats Galloway won 50-45 even as Sen. Claire McCaskill was losing 51-46.
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