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“I'm not in this race to decide who should be president or to tell other people how to vote for president,” said Missouri Senate candidate Lucas Kunce. He told NBC's Kristen Welker Last week, when asked if he supported the Harris-Waltz duo.
Kunce, who repeatedly declined to endorse Harris when pressed by Welker in interviews, is now a full minute Radio Advertising In Missouri, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley, who is running for office this week, mocked Kunce for not endorsing his own party's candidate.
“People are excited to vote for Kamala Harris,” one woman tells another in a radio ad playing on African-American radio stations across the state, “but this guy, Lucas Kunce, is not.”
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Democratic Senate candidate Lucas Kunce has not said whether he will support VP Harris (Getty Images)
“Even though he says he's a Democrat, Lucas Kunce is afraid to admit that he voted for Kamala Harris,” the woman said.
“Wait a second, Lucas Kuhns isn't voting for Kamala Harris?” another woman replied.
“He's too afraid to answer questions. The media has asked him not once, not twice, not three times, but four times,” the ad continues. “What is Lucas Kunce afraid of? Kunce comes to our community and asks for our vote, but won't tell us how he votes.”
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Senator Josh Hawley (Screenshot from Forbes video)
The ad continues: “This is weak. This is unacceptable. I don't agree with Josh Hawley very much, but I know where he stands at all times. That's for sure.”
Kunce has previously refused to endorse Harris, including at recent debates, but Hawley has highlighted this in his social media posts.
“This is why @LucasKunceMO does not endorse Kamala Harris,” Hawley said. Posted in X. “Why? Is he embarrassed about her for some reason? Does he support @realDonaldTrump?”
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Kunce campaign manager Caleb Cavaretta said, “Josh Hawley may want to run for president against Donald Trump, but that's not the case. Lucas Kunce has made it clear that this race is about who will do better for Missourians and protect their freedoms in the United States Senate, either him or Hawley.”
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Missouri Senate candidate Lucas Kunce (Courtesy of Senator Lucas Kunce)
Hawley won the Missouri Senate election by six points in 2018. Recent Opinion Polls With just over 40 days left until the election, he is leading the race by about 10 points.
