Mo Gov Holden's performance receives thumbs down from most in poll

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Holden's performance receives thumbs down from most in poll
By Jo Mannies
Post-Dispatch Political Correspondent
02/01/2004

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Governor Bob Holden
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A majority of Missouri voters disapprove of Gov. Bob Holden's performance in office, but they're not wild about the Republican leadership of the Legislature, either, according to a new poll conducted for the Post-Dispatch and KMOV (Channel 4.)

This may help explain why the poll of likely Missouri voters finds them almost evenly split over whether to replace Holden with his Democratic rival, state Auditor Claire McCaskill, or the chief Republican contender, Secretary of State Matt Blunt.

Contests involving Holden, McCaskill and Blunt all show voter preferences within the poll's margin of error of 3.5 percentage points in either direction for each potential contest.

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