State, national Republicans agree to fund Hawley ahead of primaries
Source: St Louis Post Dispatch
“They felt it was necessary to go ahead of the primary because some polling was showing Hawley at 46 percent and nobody else had hit double digits, so they’re going to assume Hawley is the nominee,” Mark Anthony Jones, the Republican chairman in Jackson County and the sole dissenting vote on the state executive committee, said in an interview.
“I feel like it’s a slap at the grass roots. I’m the only one who spoke against it,” said Jones, adding: “It’s what they do when they get desperate.”
McCaskill is considered by many to be the most vulnerable incumbent Democratic senator in the country this year. But most head-to-head polls nonetheless show Hawley tied at best with her, and his own campaign has been dogged by concerns that it’s lackluster.
In addition to Hawley and Petersen, Republican U.S. Senate candidates on the primary ballot are (in ballot appearance order) Tony Monetti, Fred Ryman, Christina Smith, Kristi Nichols, Bradley Krembs, Ken Patterson, Brian G. Hagg, Courtland Sykes and Peter Pfeifer.
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