Missouri GOP Chairman Ed Martin to join Eagle Forum
February 2, 2015
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The chairman of the Missouri Republican Party is leaving to take a leadership position with a conservative interest group.
Martin’s decision could spare the state Republican Party from a leadership battle.
Republican consultant John Hancock had planned to run against Martin during a Feb. 21 meeting of the Missouri Republican State Committee. It’s unclear with others besides Hancock now will enter the race.
Martin has been chairman since defeating David Cole in a party shakeup after the 2012 elections, when Republican gained state legislative seats but lost races for U.S. Senate, governor and other statewide executive offices.
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