The prospects of Democrats picking up another Senate seat are dimming as a new poll shows Republican State Treasurer John Kennedy leading Democratic Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell.
According to the Advocate, a poll conducted by Trafalgar Group showed 48 percent of respondents were firmly behind Kennedy and 10 percent were leaning his way.
Only 27 percent of respondents said they firmly support Campbell and an additional 8 percent are leaning his way.
Trafalgar Group, which correctly predicted that Donald Trump would win the presidential race, said the Senate race differed from the state's gubernatorial race last year, when Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards beat outgoing Republican Sen. David Vitter.
"The Democrat victory for governor in 2015 was a rejection of one candidate and his personal scandals with most down ballot races all going GOP," senior strategist Robert Cahaly said in a news release.
In that race, Vitter was dogged by scandals relating to Washington, D.C., prostitutes.
The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report/Roll Call rates the race Safe Republican.
