By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
Springfield state Sen. Lincoln Hough is running for Lt. Governor in a crowded Republican primary.
Hough is one of six Republican candidates for Lt. Governor.
Hough, during a campaign stop in St. Joseph, says the position makes sense to him, because as chair of the Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee, he deals with veterans, senior citizens, tourism, and the other aspects of the office. An office Hough says is expanding.
“One of the most exciting opportunities in my opinion is something that then-Lt. Gov., now Gov. Parson really kind of kick started was the Buy Missouri program,” Hough tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post.
Politics can be a nasty business, even among Republicans.
Hough says the negativity in campaigns has prompted him to limit the exposure to politics for his two young sons.
“I’m trying to raise respectful young men, right. And I don’t see a lot of politicians today being the example that I want set for my kids,” Hough says. “The negativity in campaigns, I know people will say it’s just part of it, but it doesn’t have to be.”
Hough insists candidates don’t have to be negative.
“If you have a track record that you can run on and you can go tell people what you have done and want to do, which is what we’re doing all day every day, that’s what I think you ought to run on,” according to Hough. “I don’t think you should run on tearing someone else down. So, we focus on cutting a billion dollars in taxes, because my name is on that bill.”
The race also features another state senator: Holly Rehder of Scott City. The other Republicans in the race for Lt. Governor are Dave Wasinger of Des Peres, Paul Berry the Third of Maryland Heights, Tim Baker of Robertsville, and Matthew Porter of St. Charles.
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