One of the many close narrow mid-term election campaigns this year has been centered in Missouri Senate Race. Republican Congressman Roy Blunt is running against Democratic nominee Robin Carnahan to replace retiring Republican Senator Kit Bond. Third-party candidates also running are Jerry Beck of the Constitution Party and Jonathan Dine of the Libertarian Party.
Roy Blunt represents the 7th District, located in Southwest Missouri, and deemed the most conservative part of the state. Before his election to Congress in 1996, he was active in state politics, unsuccessfully ran for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1992, and from 1993 to 1996 was president of Southwestern Baptist University. Blunt is generally conservative. He voted to ban partial birth adoptions, in which a fetus is surgically removed from the uterus, and has opposed funding for abortions. He favors prayer in schools and supported the Federal Marriage Amendment which would place a national ban on same-sex marriages. Like many other Republicans, Blunt opposed the health care reform bill favored by Democrats and the Obama administration.
Robin Carnahan is the Current Missouri Secretary of State since 2004. Her family has a tradition of participation in the Missouri Democratic Party. She has worked in her position to reduce red-tape for business, which are the creation of more government bureaucracy and oversight over the private sector. Carnahan is a liberal Democrat, favoring government oversight of Wall Street and financial reform. She has said that she would have voted for the health care bill and supported a public option.
The key issues of the race concern the economy and mistrust in the Obama administration. Both candidates are focusing on how they will both work to bring down unemployment in Missouri and how they will help small business. Polls indicate that 62% of Missouri voters support a repeal of the health care law, while only 37% oppose. 77% of Blunt supporters think the economy is worsening while 81% of Carnahan supporters think it is improving. The race so far is narrow, with Blunt leading by about ten points. This is not surprising considering Missouri is such a conservative state that has voted Republican in the last few presidential elections. We may safely assume that Blunt will be elected the next senator from Missouri.
Information obtained from Wikipedia.org, RoyBlunt.com, RobinCarnahan.com, Ramussenreports.com
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