COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
ABC 17 News is interviewing candidates in the major races on the August primary ballot.
State Sen. Bill Eigel (R-St. Charles County) is seeking the Republican nomination for governor against two well-funded opponents and a large field of others.
Lucas Geisler : How did you get your, let’s go over just kind of like how you got your start in politics and kind of what you do for work now, what you did for work before that?
Bill Eigel : Yeah, actually. So you look at my background, I’m a combination of military veteran and small business owner. So I’m actually part of four generations of my family that served in the military. My grandfather was a cook for the U.S. Army back in World War II. My father was a pilot for the United States Air Force back in the Vietnam War. Both my wife, Amanda and I are, were, aircraft maintenance officers. Our last assignment was actually out of Whiteman Air Force Base, and most recently, my only son, Kevin, was one of the U.S. Navy’s newest sailors.