Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan has now announced her candidacy for the 2010 Senate race, running for the seat that has been opened up by the retirement announcement of four-term Republican Kit Bond:
Carnahan, the daughter of the late Governor Mel Carnahan and former Senator Jean Carnahan, was essentially coronated by the state Democrats right after Bond announced his retirement a few weeks ago, but this makes it official. The GOP is still sorting out a wide field of potential candidates, none of whom have officially gotten in yet.
Missouri is widely expected be a top-tier race for 2010 — after all, most of the campaigns here are very close. John McCain enjoyed a super-thin victory here over Barack Obama, but Democrats won almost all the other statewide races, and both parties have strong campaign infrastructures in place.
