On March 21, the Missouri Republican Party filed a lawsuit in state court to force the Secretary of State to remove Darrell McClanahan from its primary ballot. He is running for Governor and is an honorary member of the Ku Klux Klan. The party says it has a freedom of association right to keep candidates off its primary ballot if the candidate’s values conflict with the party’s values. Missouri Republican State Committee v Secretary of State, Cole Co. Circuit Court, 24AC-cc02151.