BRANSON MO NEWS: Two former party-switchers are running Tuesday to become Missouri’s next governor, but that’s where the similarities end as Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster and Republican former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens offer voters a vivid choice between experience and a fresh start.Greitens, a first-time candidate, is touting himself as an outsider and pledges to tackle corruption in the state Capitol. Koster has taken the opposite approach, emphasizing that his nearly 22 years in elected office make him qualified to run state government.Polls show the race to succeed Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon is a statistical tie.Koster and Greitens each had raised about $27 million as of Oct. 27, according to the most recent campaign finance reports. When combined with fundraising from three other unsuccessful Republican candidates, this year’s gubernatorial field already has raised more than $72 million — two and a half times the previous record of more than $28 million set in the 2008 gubernatorial campaign.Without a voting record, Greitens is running on his time as a Navy SEAL officer and founder of a charity for veterans, The Mission Continues. But the 42-year-old’s lengthy resume also includes stints as a Rhodes scholar and White House fellow, champion boxer and martial artist, a best-selling …
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