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Missouri candidate with ties to the KKK can stay on the Republican ballot, judge rules

File photo of the Cole County Circuit Court.
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File photo of the Cole County Circuit Court.

By SUMMER BALLENTINE
Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled that a longshot gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan can stay on the Republican ticket. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker on Friday ruled against a request by the Missouri GOP to kick Darrell McClanahan off the ballot. While McClanahan disputes being a member of the Ku Klux Klan, he says he was given an honorary one-year membership. He calls himself “pro-white.” The Missouri GOP accepted party dues from McClanahan when he signed up as a candidate to replace Gov. Mike Parson in February. But now GOP party leaders say they don’t want to associate with him because of his views.

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