Chris Koster
Appearance
Chris Koster | |
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41st Attorney General of Missouri | |
In office January 12, 2009 – January 9, 2017 | |
Governor | Jay Nixon |
Preceded by | Jay Nixon |
Succeeded by | Josh Hawley |
Member of the Missouri Senate from the 31st district | |
In office January 5, 2005 – January 7, 2009 | |
Preceded by | Harold Caskey |
Succeeded by | David Pearce |
Personal details | |
Born | Christopher Andrew Koster August 31, 1964 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Political party | Republican (before 2007) Democratic (2007–present) |
Spouse(s) | Rebecca Bowman
(m. 1996; div. 2003)Jennifer Cullen (m. 2019) |
Education | University of Missouri (BA, JD) Washington University in St. Louis (MBA) |
Christopher Andrew Koster (born August 31, 1964)[1] is an American lawyer and politician. He was the 41st Attorney General of Missouri from 2009 to 2017.
In 2016, Koster was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Missouri and lost to Republican nominee Eric Greitens in the general election.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Summer Ballentine. "Once a Republican, Koster seeks governorship as a Democrat". Springfield News-Leader.
- ↑ "Eric Greitens wins Missouri GOP Primary, to face Chris Koster in fall". Retrieved March 6, 2019.