Eric Schmitt leads Trudy Busch Valentine in U.S. Senate race, Missouri poll finds

Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt holds a substantial lead over Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine in the early weeks of the race for U.S. Senat...

August 27, 2022
2:12 AM

Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt holds a substantial lead over Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine in the early weeks of the race for U.S. Senate in Missouri this November, a poll released Friday found.Schmitt leads Busch Valentine by a margin of 11 percentage points, 49% to her 38%, according to a survey conducted by Saint Louis University and YouGov. The poll is the first since the Aug. 2 primary elections to ask voters which nominee they prefer to succeed U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, who is retiring.

Galen Bacharier