With Eric Greitens's help, Missouri Republicans might give away a Senate race

In their quest to take back the Senate majority, Republicans can’t afford to give away seats. But Missouri’s GOP primary is shaping up to do exactly that.

Eric Greitens, the scandal-ridden former governor of the state, leads the GOP primary. A Trafalgar poll earlier this month had him leading the GOP field with 30.5% of the hypothetical vote, with state Attorney General Eric Schmitt at 23% and Rep. Vicky Hartzler just under 17%. More recently, Trafalgar released head-to-head general election polls, which show Schmitt and Hartzler each leading against both of the top two Democratic candidates, with the closest hypothetical race being separated by 15 points.