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pstokely

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Fri Oct 28, 2016, 06:01 PM Oct 2016

Missouri governor's race now a statistical tie as Greitens closes in on Koster

Last edited Fri Oct 28, 2016, 07:41 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The poll shows Koster with a lead of 1 percentage point over Greitens — 46 to 45 — which is well within the poll's 4-point margin for error.

The statewide telephone poll, conducted for the newspaper by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, questioned 625 registered likely voters. It was conducted Monday through Wednesday.

The numbers represent a major surge for Greitens, a former Navy SEAL with no previous electoral experience who has been campaigning as a political outsider.

As recently as mid-October, the RealClearPolitics polling average had Greitens 5 points down against Koster, a longtime state office-holder and current attorney general who has been running on his governmental resume'.

Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-governor-s-race-now-a-statistical-tie-as-greitens/article_55f1af73-23f3-5bb3-a522-cc90805a558c.html



a good GOTV effort in KC and STL could win this
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