Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe picked former U.S. Attorney and Missouri House Speaker Catherine Hanaway to serve as attorney general.

It’s another groundbreaking moment for Hanaway, who will be the first woman to hold the statewide office.

Less than 24 hours after Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced he was resigning to become co-deputy director at the FBI, Kehoe told reporters in Jefferson City on Tuesday he was selecting Hanaway to fill out more than three years of the GOP statewide official’s term.

“The first and most important part of this job is to protect Missourians from anyone who would do violence against them, who would rip them off in financial schemes, who would abuse them through providing terrible care and getting paid by Medicaid, and anyone who would try to invade their co

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