Kobach trails Dem. Grissom by 10 points in Senate race internal poll

[Tanuki]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/livecoverage/campaign-wire-election-2020

"Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach trails Democrat Barry Grissom by 10 percentage points in a head-to-head matchup for Kansas' open Senate seat in 2020, according to internal GOP polling data reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

The previously unpublished findings reveal why some Republicans are deeply concerned that a Kobach candidacy could cost the party a Senate seat in Kansas—and why Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been pushing so hard for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a former congressman from Wichita, to challenge Mr. Kobach for the GOP nomination.
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The poll found Mr. Kobach's image rating underwater across the state, at 32% favorable vs. 50% unfavorable. And there was a strong intensity to voters' negative reactions to his image, with 39% strongly unfavorable toward Mr. Kobach vs. 15% strongly favorable. Among independent voters, his image rating was a net 24 percentage points weaker than President Trump’s.

The poll also showed a generic Republican beating a generic Democrat for Senate in Kansas, 44% to 36%—suggesting that Mr. Kobach underperformed the generic ballot.
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Conservative author Ann Coulter and billionaire investor Peter Thiel are hosting a fundraiser for Mr. Kobach in New York City on Wednesday evening."....(more)

[bearsfootball516]

1. That would be phenomenal. A blue Kansas Senate seat AND governor?

The Senate seat there would offset likely losing Doug Jones in Alabama.

[TheFarseer]

2. My Republican sister in KS

Hates Kobach. Her husband too. Both 100% will vote Dem

[gratuitous]

3. The GOP released its own poll showing their candidate 10 points behind?

Ouch. Someone's trying to get KKKris to drop out.

[cbdo2007]

4. Kobach is toxic...that he is still in the race shows that the GOP are desperate for ANYONE

still willing to stand up for Trump at this point.