Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley moved Monday to quell spiraling anxiety among senior Republicans and top party donors that his bid to oust vulnerable Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is slowly slipping away.
In a memo issued to campaign contributors, but also directed toward nitpicking Republican officials in Washington, Hawley revealed fresh polling that shows a close but stable race with McCaskill that has been unaffected by the deepening sex scandal engulfing embattled GOP Gov. Eric Greitens.
The survey, conducted by Hawley pollster Wes Anderson of OnMessage Inc., showed the Missouri attorney general narrowly edging McCaskill, 47 percent to 46 percent. President Trump’s job approval is strong, at 53 percent, and Republicans hold an advantage of 3 percentage points on the generic ballot.
“There is no love for Senator McCaskill among a majority of Missouri voters and it is clear that she remains one of the most vulnerable incumbents of 2018,” Anderson wrote in the Hawley campaign Memo, shared first with the Washington Examiner.
“Although Governor Greitens has taken a hit, this has not impacted the Republican brand in the state as Josh Hawley and President Trump remain in an excellent position heading into the summer,” he said.
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