Poll: Democrat Leads For 2010 Missouri Senate Race, In GOP-Held Seat

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A new Democracy Corps (D) poll of Missouri finds Democratic Sec. of State Robin Carnahan as the immediate frontrunner to win the seat of retiring Republican Sen. Kit Bond in 2010, with solid leads right now over both of her potential GOP opponents.

Carnahan leads Rep. Roy Blunt by a margin of 53%-44%. Against former state Treasurer Sarah Steelman, who ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for governor in 2008, Carnahan leads 54%-42%. The margin of error is ±3.5%.

The pollster’s analysis that Steelman could actually be the stronger Republican, with more room to grow after respondents were given both positive and negative statements about all the candidates: “The consummate political insider, Blunt is weighed down by his long history of voting the Republican Party line, his numerous votes to give himself pay raises while opposing a minimum wage increase, and his leading support for the TARP bailout.”

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