GOP Pollster: Dem Leads For Missouri Senate Race

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A new Republican poll, from the firm Wilson Research, shows that Democrats are starting out with the advantage to pick up the Missouri Senate seat of retiring GOPer Kit Bond in 2010.

When matching up presumptive Democratic nominee Robin Carnahan against Rep. Roy Blunt, the former House GOP whip, Carnahan is ahead 47%-43%. Against former state Treasurer Sarah Steelman, who ran unsuccessfully in the primary for governor last year, Carnahan is up 47%-39%. The margin of error is ±4%.

Blunt is currently the frontrunner for the nomination, but the pollster sees some serious problems for him, with high negatives: “My conclusion is that he starts out with serious issues that are difficult to overcome in the general election, if not the primary.”

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