MO Senate Race: Jason Kander Pulls Close To Roy Blunt
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt's seat may not be as safe as the pundits once thought.
His democratic challenger is current Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander.
While in Springfield Tuesday, he visited with KOLR10’s Nick Thompson about the contrast he believes he provides to Blunt.
As one of the youngest statewide elected officials in the country and an Afghan veteran, Kander said he believes he can be a fresh face in Washington for Missourians.
Kander is pulling closer to Blunt in a race many are watching now because it increases the chances the Democrats could re-take the Senate.
Kander said Congress is dysfunctional, and it does not help that the institution has its lowest veteran membership since World War II.
“I think it makes a huge difference, it's really clear, it's not a coincidence that while we have so few veterans we also seem to have an inability to have a Congress that has a common sense of purpose," Kander said.
As a leader, Kander said he is a part of a new generation focused on ideas and not ideology.
"I think of it more as sort of a movement that defines patriotism less as an eagerness to go to war and a willingness to do what's right, even if it's difficult politically," Kander said.
According to Public Policy Polling, Blunt lead Kander 41 percent to 38 percent in a poll of 1,000 likely Missouri voters, but due to the poll's margin of error, the candidates are in a dead heat.
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