Someday, I’ll pay for that pun.
In the meantime, though, Rasmussen has a poll on the West Virginia Senate race, and it’s a shocker:
In the first Rasmussen Reports post-primary survey of West Virginia’s U.S. Senate race, Democratic Governor Joe Manchin attracts 48% of the vote while Republican businessman John Raese earns 42%.
Keep in mind, Raese was the last sacrificial lamb for the late Robert Byrd. That he could hold one of the most popular Democrats in the state below 50% is a complete stunner.
Keep in mind, outside of recent presidential elections and any vote involving the Moore family, the GOP does not exist in West Virginia. If this race is even close in November, the Democrats could very well lose both houses of Congress.
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