ST. LOUIS—Roughly 24 hours after saying he was still weighing whether he wanted to be a political candidate or not, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore, who was sworn in on May 30 to replace Kim Gardner after her abrupt resignation, has made the decision to seek the office in his own right.

While the timing of the announcement Wednesday appeared to catch Gore’s office off-guard, the news isn’t entirely a surprise. Gore has received praise from Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, who appointed him to the post, as well as St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones, a progressive Democrat.

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