13,702 people in Missouri voted for Courtland Sykes (r). Think about that for just a second.

Via the Missouri Secretary of State web site:

State of Missouri – State of Missouri – Primary Election, August 07, 2018
Unofficial Results
as of 8/8/2018 12:10:44 AM

U.S. Senator
3157 of 3228 Precincts Reported

Tony Monetti Republican 63,937 9.739%
Austin Petersen Republican 54,135 8.246%
Josh Hawley Republican 384,409 58.553%
Fred Ryman Republican 8,710 1.327%
Christina Smith Republican 34,733 5.291%
Kristi Nichols Republican 49,323 7.513%
Bradley Krembs Republican 4,861 0.740%
Ken Patterson Republican 19,430 2.960%
Brian G. Hagg Republican 6,871 1.047%
Courtland Sykes Republican 13,702 2.087%
Peter Pfeifer Republican 16,400 2.498%

Party Total: 656,511

Carla (Coffee) Wright Democratic 38,578 6.718%
Angelica Earl Democratic 14,782 2.574%
Leonard Joseph Steinman II Democratic 7,326 1.276%
John Hogan Democratic 15,324 2.668%
Travis Gonzalez Democratic 9,131 1.590%
David Faust Democratic 15,166 2.641%
Claire McCaskill Democratic 473,961 82.533%

Party Total: 574,268

Japheth Campbell Libertarian 5,212 100.000%

Party Total: 5,212

Jo Crain Green 870 57.692%
Jerome Bauer Green 638 42.308%

Party Total: 1,508

Total Votes: 1,237,499

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Now it’s going to get really interesting.