By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
A final day push by state Sen. Bill Eigel of Weldon Springs as he makes his pitch for why Missouri Republicans should support his nomination for governor.
Eigel made a stop at Rosecrans Memorial Airport, one of seven cities he is visiting on this last day before the primary election.
While many perceive this election to be a three-way race among Eigel, Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe, and Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, Eigel sees it as a two-person race.
“Well, right now the polls say it’s exactly tied. The polling that we’ve looked at and we’ve been keeping an eye on says it’s tied between (Lt.) Gov. Kehoe and I, but there remained a pretty significant number of undecideds,” Eigel tells reporters during his stop at Rosecrans. “Historically, the undecideds, we’re hoping they continue to break for the candidate that’s the anti-establishment candidate.”
Missouri has overwhelmingly voted Republican the last few election cycles making this race the likely outcome in November.
“The Republican Party is the pro-life party. The Republican Party is the one that’s trying to deliver more limited, smaller government. I’ve got some criticisms, of course, of some of my opponents that haven’t really made good on those promises, but if you look at the national Democratic brand, they’re talking about defunding the police. They’re talking about the destruction of our families and our children. That message isn’t resonating,” according to Eigel. “So, I do think the winner of tomorrow is going to have a heavy influence on the General Election in November.”
Polls open tomorrow morning at six o’clock.