Top Recruit Won’t Challenge McCaskill

Missouri Rep. Ann Wagner (R) “has opted against a 2018 Senate bid, choosing re-election to the House over challenging vulnerable Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO),” the Washington Examiner reports.

“Wagner’s surprise move, finalized over the weekend, is a blow to the Republican Party. She was the leadership’s prized Senate recruit in Missouri and viewed as the answer to McCaskill, endangered but scrappy.”