WASHINGTON- Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, one of the most endangered Democrats in the 2018 mid-term campaign, is feeling heat from President Donald Trump and her likely Republican challenger, state Atty. Gen. Josh Hawley.
Trump is scheduled to be in St. Louis on Wednesday to attend an economic roundtable and a private fundraiser for Hawley, with tickets for the dinner going for as much as $50,000 per person, according to the Associated Press.
Hawley held a three-point lead over McCaskill in a hypothetical matching late last year, according to a poll conducted by Remington Research, a firm that leans Republican. Now Hawley holds a lead of eight points over McCaskill in a new poll conducted by Axios and Survey Monkey — 52 percent to 44 percent. The survey was conducted Feb. 12 through March 5.
McCaskill is in the same boat as Democratic Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Jon Tester of Montana and seven others who are running in states where Trump defeated Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton by as much as 20 points.
