Incum­bent Andrew Bai­ley defeats Will Scharf in Repub­li­can pri­ma­ry for Mis­souri attor­ney gen­er­al

Incum­bent Andrew Bai­ley won the Repub­li­can pri­ma­ry for Mis­souri attor­ney gen­er­al, set­ting the stage for the gen­er­al elec­tion match-up against Demo­c­rat Elad Gross. Repub­li­can Trump attor­ney Will Scharf con­ced­ed to incum­bent Repub­li­can Mis­souri Attor­ney Gen­er­al Andrew Bai­ley in the state’s Aug. 6 pri­ma­ry elec­tion.  Bai­ley led the race by a whop­ping 63% to 37% ear­ly Wednes­day morn­ing, accord­ing to the state of Mis­souri elec­tions website.Scharf received his under­grad­u­ate degree from Prince­ton Uni­ver­si­ty, his law degree from Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty, clerked for two fed­er­al appeals court judges and has worked at CRC Advi­sors, a con­ser­v­a­tive pub­lic rela­tions firm.SUPREME COURT REJECTS MISSOURI EFFORT TO BLOCK SENTENCING, GAG ORDER AGAINST TRUMP IN NEW YORK CASEIn addi­tion to being one of Trump’s lawyers, Scharf has worked as an assis­tant U.S. Attor­ney in St. Louis, and worked on the cam­paign and lat­er in the office of then-Mis­souri …