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Jason Kander: Kunce can defeat Hawley
Multiple public polls — including one from Morning Consult released last month — show Hawley has the lowest approval of any Republican senator running for reelection in 2024, lower than Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida. And even his mentor, Missouri’s former U.S. Sen. John Danforth, has called backing Hawley the “worst mistake I ever made.” Now up for reelection in 2024, Hawley faces Kunce, a Marine veteran and leading antitrust advocate who’s broken fundraising records, rallied Missouri’s election-winning labor movement behind him and built a reputation as a different kind of Democrat who speaks truth to power, regardless of party. And polls already show a tightening race.
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New Public Polling Has Lucas Kunce and Josh Hawley Within Margin Of Error
“The numbers across polling of this race are starting to tell a similar story. Despite having near universal name ID, Josh Hawley remains in the mid-40s, falling far short of the critical 50% threshold we’d expect to see from an incumbent in a redder state. Meanwhile, Lucas Kunce, a Marine veteran who grew up like everyday Missourians, is clearly starting to resonate with Missouri voters. He’s got a real shot at winning this race in 2024.”
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Lucas Kunce Outraises Josh Hawley (again) in Q3, boasts support from every single Missouri county
Kunce’s massive Q3 haul also keeps him ahead of Hawley for the cycle. Lucas has raised more than any Senate challenger in Missouri history for the first nine months of an election cycle. Independence, MO …
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SEIU Endorses Lucas Kunce for Senate
Over 14,000 healthcare providers, higher education faculty, janitors, nursing home workers, first responders, and social service workers united in the SEIU Missouri/Kansas State Council announced their endorsement of Lucas Kunce for U.S. Senate. They join the Missouri AFL-CIO, the Missouri Fire Fighters, the Missouri Machinists, UFCW Local 655, The St. Louis and Kansas City Building Trades Councils, and dozens more labor organizations across Missouri.
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UAW Worker In Major Op-Ed: Josh Hawley doesn’t stand with workers, he just poses
“There’s a stark difference between staging a photo op with unions when our approval numbers are high, on the one hand, and taking real votes in the Senate to fight for us on the other… We do our job. Josh Hawley isn’t doing his… We know [Hawley]’s only changed his tune because of polling and the fact that he’s up for re-election next year… I know a fraud when I see one.”
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The Messenger: Lucas Kunce Hauls In $1.5 Million For Bid to Oust Josh Hawley
Kunce will report entering October with $1.7 million cash on hand. The campaign says that’s more money at this point in the election cycle than any previous Missouri Senate challenger in the last two decades… In a brief July interview with The Nation, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said: “Lucas Kunce is a good candidate, and we can beat Josh Hawley.”
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Lucas Kunce Endorsed by League of Conservation Voters
Independence, MO – The League of Conservation Voters Action Fund has endorsed Lucas Kunce for U.S. Senate. A major national group, LCV Action Fund is focused on electing candidates who are committed to protecting their …
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“The bottom line: Hawley leads Kunce, 44% to 43%. Given the undecided amount in the poll, about 12%, the firm says Kunce’s candidacy has ‘room to grow.'”
UFCW #655 President David Cook said his union’s support of Kunce was not merely a case of sharing political dogma. “We’re behind Lucas Kunce because, as this poll shows, he can make this race competitive, and he can win.” Hawley’s campaign could not be reached Wednesday for comment.
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Lucas Kunce fires up rally with local leaders, statewide labor unions, and hundreds of supporters
“Candidates may pick up soft endorsements, which amount to political names to slap on flyers. But they also may get hard endorsements, where those names show up in the flesh and help rally support. Any questions along those lines about the campaign of Lucas Kunce, a Democrat taking a second shot at the U.S. Senate, were answered Monday night.”
