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State Senator Chris Koster Seeks New Office

By Frank Morris

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Kansas City, Missouri – Chris Koster, a state senator, officially announced his bid for Missouri Attorney General tonight in his home town of Harrisonville. Koster who was a Republican until this summer, is running in the Democratic Primary. He tells KCUR's Frank Morris that a handful of issues drove him out of the GOP.

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