It’s not often that National Review weighs in on a state attorney general primary. The magazine has made an exception for the race in Missouri, where voters face a stark choice.

Josh Hawley, a native of the state, has defended religious liberty at the Becket Fund. He was co-counsel in the Hobby Lobby case, where his side triumphed at the Supreme Court in 2014. He teaches at the University of Missouri School of Law. He has also found time to write — and this is either a further recommendation, a full disclosure on our part, or both — for National Review and The Weekly Standard.
Kurt Schaefer is chairman of the state senate’s appropriations committee. He began his political career seeking a Democratic appointment to the state courts. Elected to the state senate as a Republican in 2008, he served two terms as “a moderate, even liberal” lawmaker. He opposed attempts to reform the judicial-selection process to reduce the influence of trial attorneys. He won the endorsement of the AFL-CIO.

Hawley’s website is here.