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Hawley’s victory called ‘a tremendous win for rural Missouri’

The president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, Blake Hurst, says Josh Hawley’s victory over Democratic incumbent Senator Claire McCaskill was “a tremendous win for rural Missouri.”

Hurst says Hawley is more in line with Farm Bureau’s stance on regulatory issues, including the Waters of the U.S. rule.

“Senator McCaskill was not a supporter of our position on Waters of the U.S.—and Hawley will be,” Hurst says. “That’s a big thing. I think we’re just a few days from having a new rule announced and it will be good to have a Senator that is protective of farmers’ interests when we go through the process of adopting a new Waters of the U.S. rule.”

Hurst says the large turnout of rural voters in Missouri was a major factor in Hawley’s victory.

Brownfield’s Julie Harker contributed to this story.

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