Missouri Senate poll alarms GOP - fears that former GOP Gov. Eric Greitens would be a risky nominee.

[Demovictory9]

Missouri Senate poll alarms GOP
The poll appears to validate party fears that former GOP Gov. Eric Greitens would be a risky nominee.


Newly released polling in Missouri bolsters an argument Senate Republican leadership has made for months: Former Gov. Eric Greitens could be an unusually weak red-state nominee.



Greitens, who resigned mid-term in 2018, has led the crowded Republican field in early polling for the state’s open Senate seat. But according to a recent survey done for a private third-party and obtained by POLITICO, Greitens would have just a slim lead over Democrat Lucas Kunce if the general election were held today.

The poll, which was conducted in January, found that in a head-to-head contest, Greitens would win just 42.2 percent to 38.3 percent for Kunce, with 19.5 percent undecided.

Greitens’ 4-point lead in the hypothetical matchup, just outside the poll’s margin of error, is a sign that the former governor’s baggage could turn off conservative and independent voters in a state that former President Donald Trump won by 16 percentage points in 2020.


Top Republicans have cautioned that if Greitens emerges as the Senate nominee, it could cost the party an otherwise safe Senate seat.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/16/missouri-senate-poll-alarms-gop-00009317

[Sherman A1]

1. Ah, machine gun Greitens the useless.

Hopefully he is the nominee and gets his backside handed to him.

[Midnight Writer]

2. They need a poll to tell them Greitens is a bad candidate?