There are so many layers of local intrigue and dynastic politics, plus national political currents, involved in the Missouri Senate race next year to fill the seat of the retiring Kit Bond that it’ll be worth watching very closely. The latest polling of a hypothetical (but pretty likely) general election match-up between Robin Carnahan and Roy Blunt has them in a virtual tie at 43%-42%.
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