KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has established a double digit lead in the U.S. Senate race against Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine, according to a new poll from Saint Louis University.
But the polling also shows that a majority of Missourians support some form of legal access to abortion, a possible obstacle for Schmitt, a Republican who played a key role in triggering the state’s near-total abortion ban in June.
While Democrats haven’t won a Senate race in Missouri since 2012, the issue of abortion rights — and Schmitt’s decision to enact the ban minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade — potentially offers a small opening for Busch Valentine in the general election.
