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March 4, 2024 |  By: AP

GOP candidate with KKK ties runs for MO governor

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The Missouri Republican Party denounced a GOP candidate for governor with ties to the Ku Klux Klan, saying party officials will go to court if necessary to remove him from the ticket.

Darrell Leon McClanahan, who has described himself as “pro-white,” was among nearly 280 Republican candidates who officially filed to run for office. He is a longshot candidate for governor and faces a primary against Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe, state Senator Bill Eigel and others to replace Governor Mike Parson, who is prohibited by term limits from running again. T

he Missouri GOP posted on social media that McClanahan’s affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan fundamentally contradicts their party’s values and platform. McClanahan said he has been open about his views with state Republican leaders in the past. He made an unsuccessful run for US Senate in 2022, losing the G-P primary with 0.2% of the vote.