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ST. LOUIS (KTVI)- For the first time since 2000, an Ashcroft will be on the ballot in Missouri. Jay Ashcroft, son of former Missouri Governor, U. S. Senator and Attorney General John Ashcroft, filed Tuesday to run for the 24th district Missouri State Senate seat.

Jay Ashcroft pledged attention to jobs in the manufacturing sector along with a focus on education. He’s an attorney in the law firm founded by his father, and also has experience as a defense sector engineer and teaching at the community college level.

Ashcroft is seeking the seat currently held by John Lamping, of Ladue. Lamping has decided against a bid for re-election to focus in part on his daughter’s potential Olympic gymnastics career. His family has moved to the Kansas City area as part of his daughter’s training in hopes of making the U.S. Olympic team competing in Rio in 2016.

Robb Hicks, of St. Louis County and Jack Spooner, of Creve Coeur, have also filed for the primary, to be decided in August. Democrat State Representative Jill Schupp is unopposed, as is Libertarian Jim Higgins.