now that nancy pelosi is in asia, there are questions whether she will visit taiwan or not. something the chinese government has been threatening her not to do. 99 days before the midterm elections. we re keeping a close eye on big races across the nation. five states, michigan, missouri, kansas, arizona and washington will hold primary elections tomorrow. all eyes on kansas, where boorgs rights will be on the ballot for the first time since the supreme court overruled roe v. wade back in june. voters will decide on a constitutional amendment that could pave the way for more abortion restrictions. next door in missouri, three candidates are locked in a tight race for the republican nomination to succeed retiring senator roy blunt. all three seeking donald trump s endorsement, which he hasn t given yet. with us to start our coverage this hour is dasha burns in kansas. and washington correspondent in missouri. dasha s this the first major test of abortion rights on the ballot
to help overturn the election and testified before the house select committee is also facing opposition backed by the former president in his state senate race. some of the very same candidates are also being supported controversially by democrats hoping to run against more extreme opponents in the fall. all of this with inflation and fears of recession as the backdrop, president biden s foreign policy decision on the table in midterm elections now 98 days away. john king is tracking the important races and trends at the wall. john, missouri polls are just closing, as you know the former president caused a lot of confusion in his senate endorsement of two people named eric, both running for the same office. how is that race shaping up? yeah, anderson, the fact that we re talking about missouri is actually the story in the sense that this is a retiring republican incumbent roy blount the wind at the republican s back. this should be a safe seat. the former president decided
republicans, have tried to stop his candidacy through millions of dollars in television ads reminding missouri voters about all of those details. eric scmitt the missouri attorney general has risen in the last several weeks, taking advantage of some questions about the greitens candidacy. vicki has been in congress the last 12 years. she told me yesterday that she would not vote for eric greitens if he becomes the republican senate nominee. that worries republicans in washington considerably because this of course should be a safe republican seat. 50/50 senate, every seat matters. that concerns republicans if eric greitens wins tonight, is he going to be a credible general election candidate? we should also note, though, there are 21 republican candidates on the ballot entirely. so the vote will be split up. mark mccloskey you may remember from st. louis, he and his wife stopped protesters at their home two summers ago, holding a gun. he is also running for senate.
missouri. i m told by sources that former president trump doesn t like her because she expressed disdain after the capitol attack. all that is happening if you look at the latest poll by a republican group that shows eric scmitt is likely in the lead. it s an interesting poll though because at this point, it s still very tight. the other thing we should note is former president trump while he has not endorsed is having his eyes on missouri politics. just in the last 24 hours, he posted on true social, which is the social media site about a poll conducted. it was about 2024 and potential republican presidential nominees. it showed he would have 42% of the support of republicans here if he were to run in 2024. he say he is should have something like 70% instead of 42%. now he s very wildly popular in the state. but it s an important point to make because the poll group that made that, they are connected to