Dems look for Senate upset in Missouri

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The Hill:

Internal polling on both sides of the Missouri Senate race show Republican incumbent Roy Blunt, a longtime member of the GOP congressional leadership, is in the toughest race of his career.

 

If he goes down in Republican-leaning Missouri, where Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s unfavorable rating is sky high, he’ll likely take down the Senate GOP majority with him, strategists in both parties say.

 

The prospect was unthinkable earlier this year, given Missouri’s decidedly Republican leanings and the incumbent’s long and successful political career.

Blunt, the vice chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, was easily elected to the Senate in 2010. Before that he served as House majority leader, narrowly missing a chance to become Speaker, and his son, Matt, served as governor of Missouri.

 

But his 20 years in Washington and his family’s political connections have become a liability in an election year where many voters are angry at Washington and entrenched special interests.

 

Burson Snyder, a spokeswoman for Blunt, said her boss “has led in every internal poll this cycle,” but other Republican strategists familiar with internal GOP polls say his lead in the low single digits at best.

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Senate Watch: New Polls Show Ayotte Ahead in New Hampshire, Indiana All Tied Up

 

Let's start with the good news for Senate Republicans. Just yesterday, we wrote about "the intangibles" favoring Republican Todd Young in Indiana's Senate race, as former Senator Evan Bayh -- who cast the deciding vote for Obamacare before leaving government to cash in as a DC lobbyist -- has stumbled. Democrats thought Bayh would be a sure bet after early internal polling looked good. Since then, the race has become much more competitive, although statewide surveys have been scarce. We finally have a new data point in the race, and Young has pulled into a tie:

 

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2016/10/07/senate-watch-new-polls-show-ayotte-ahead-in-new-hampshire-indiana-all-tied-up-n2228902