Tuesday is the primary in Missouri. As we’ve reported, one of the most hotly contested races for the Show-Me State is the race to replace retiring Senator Roy Blunt, a Republican. Both the Democrat and Republican primaries are tight, but we’ve focused extensively on the Republican race, including significant speculation as to whether or not former President Donald Trump would be making an endorsement. (Catch our in-depth discussion of just that from Friday’s Tim Jones & Chris Arps Show on NewsTalkSTL — video below.)

We already knew if he did, it would not be Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler, given Trump’s direct announcement in mid-July that he would not be endorsing her. Interestingly, Hartzler seemingly didn’t lose much ground after that per the polling, which, most recently showed her consistently in second, with Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt nosing ahead and former Governor Eric Greitens falling back.

Recently, Schmitt has been picking up key endorsements, including Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee, plus former White House Press Secretary (and current Republican nominee for Governor of Arkansas) Sarah Huckabee Sanders, in addition to Women for America First. Even Dan Bongino:

This is the guy. Period. 👇🏻 https://t.co/1XBJFygux1

— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) August 1, 2022

But the question remained, what would Trump do? Would he actually weigh in on this one?

By Monday morning, it was beginning to look doubtful. But then Trump announced via Truth Social that he would, indeed, be making an endorsement in the race.

🚨🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/KauOT3Btf1

— Jason Rosenbaum (@jrosenbaum) August 1, 2022

Jason Rosenbaum, a political correspondent for St. Louis Public Radio, laid out the analysis while we awaited the official announcement:

Reasons against the 3 are:
– Trump just "Truthed" an article criticizing a polling firm linked to Schmitt's consultant
– Greitens resigned in 2018 amid a slew of controversy and has lots of enemies in MO GOP
– Long has been trailing Schmitt/Hartzler/Greitens in polls

We'll see!

— Jason Rosenbaum (@jrosenbaum) August 1, 2022

Now, it’s official. Trump has announced his endorsement of…Eric.

🚨President Donald Trump Endorses ERIC SCHMITT for U.S. Senate🚨

Statement from @Eric_Schmitt: “It is truly an honor to have President Trump’s endorsement in the Senate race. pic.twitter.com/WkHi6o0qDE

— Team Schmitt for US Senate (@Schmitt4Senate) August 1, 2022

Trump is leaving it up to Missourians to decide. Who will they choose?

We’ll know soon enough.