Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth Endorses Jared Young in the Missouri United States Senate Race

ST. LOUIS, MO—August 29, 2024--  Former U.S. Senator John C. Danforth has announced his endorsement of Jared Young in the race for the United States Senate representing Missouri. 

Danforth, who served three terms as Senator (R) from Missouri from 1976 to 1995, also served two terms before that as Missouri Attorney General.  Later in his career, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. 

“I am honored by Sen. Danforth’s endorsement,” Young said. “We share the belief there are real solutions to complex problems if we can reject the angry, divisive tactics that have overtaken American politics.”

Young is a moderate conservative and independent candidate running under the Better Party for the United States Senate seat representing Missouri.  

“I started an entirely new political party for independents based on the reality that the vast majority of Americans say they want another option,” Young said. “The voters are demanding new leaders who can govern without fighting and campaign without personal attacks.” 

Danforth’s office issued the following in announcing his endorsement:

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Statement by John C. Danforth, three-term U.S. Senator (R.) from Missouri and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

I am pleased to endorse Jared Young in the contest for U.S. Senator from Missouri. Jared embraces the ideas that have always defined the Republican Party and have been universally accepted across its membership. These ideas are also at the core of a new organization I co-founded earlier this summer – Our Republican Legacy.  The purpose of this organization is to restore the Republican Party to its root principles, which have always been defined as follows:        

• Allegiance to the Constitution of the United States, including acceptance of the vote of the people, obedience to the decisions of our courts, and support for the peaceful transfer of power.  We believe that the events of January 6, 2021, the date of the mob assault on the Capitol, constituted a direct attack on the Constitution and created one of the darkest days in American history.
• Support for Abraham Lincoln’s founding principle that ours is the party of the Union, of holding America together as one indivisible nation.  We reject the politics of grievance and rage that divides Americans as us against them.
• Emphasis on fiscal responsibility.  We oppose the explosion of our national debt that weakens America and imposes a burden on future generations.
• Belief in free enterprise and the private sector as the greatest source of prosperity, not big government interventions.  We reject high protective tariffs and price controls.
• Advocacy of peace through strength and belief that a peaceful world depends on a strong America with a national defense that is second to none.  We are committed to supporting NATO, and we condemn Vladimir Putin’s ambitions in Europe.  We are steadfast in opposing Russian aggression.

As a lifelong conservative now running on the Better Party ticket, Jared Young stands for the Constitution, Unity, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets and Peace through Strength.  Josh Hawley rejects all of these.

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