Poll: Can Corcoran’s Senate race survive DWI conviction?
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While the rest of us were preparing for the holiday weekend, State Rep. Michael Corcoran quietly pleaded guilty last week to driving while intoxicated.
Initially, Corcoran’s attorney said he would fight the charges, stemming from a February traffic stop in which Corcoran refused to take a blood-alcohol test.
The St. Ann Democrat faces 40 hours of community service and two years probation. (Nothing about the suspension of driving privileges, though.)
Yet Corcoran has showed no signs so far that he intends to let the conviction hinder his future ambitions, winning the state Senate seat currently held by University City’s Joan Bray, who reaches her term limit next year.
Corcoran faces former State Rep. Sam Page and St. Louis County Council member Barbara Fraser in the Democratic primary. Will they make an issue of the DWI? Can Corcoran still win the race?
Take our poll below.
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Woodruff’s right - it is a push poll, that’s why Woodruff is pushing all his friends to vote yes.
The answer is that Corcoran can survive his DWI, but he cant survive Sam Page.
Pleading out a DWI is often smarter than dragging it out over the next year or so–for cost issues as well as time. He’ll win the primary despite this because the voters are smart enough to evaluate candidates on their merits and not base their decision on trash journalism. Corcoran is clearly the strongest candidate, otherwise you wouldn’t see a hack journalist trying to make a story out of this without having all the facts.
Uh Matt, the dude drove drunk and got caught. Obviously, his decision making process isn’t up to snuff. He knew he was running for Senate and any slip up would be scrutinized. Yet he STILL did it. Mark of an idiot in my book.
If he wins a primary, it will be further proof of the idiots the electorate has become.
Amazed has some amazing LEAPS in logic here.
This Poll is ridiculous. I’d never vote for Bush but would vote for Corcoran since he is a Democrat. DWI or not.
— Sam
10:53 am July 7th, 2009
I was right. It does give him “street cred” with dems.
— Amazedbythelunacy
How do you go from voting for someone because they are a Democrat to voting for them BECAUSE they have a DWI?
The poster just said in a Rep vs Dem battle, they would vote for the Dem REGARDLESS (not because) of the DWI.
Alas, before we even get that far Corcoran has a primary to face where he is definitely the weakest of the three candidates. It probably won’t even come down to him vs Republican.
I also want to say I don’t agree with the polling methodology. However, the Post is not the lone media outlet to use this stuff. I, too, prefer just the straight “YES” or “NO”. Perhaps my vote for “YES” would not be based on that it worked for GWB. Or my “NO” vote in that the race is tight.
It kinda arrogantly puts words in our mouth.
Corcoran is hands down the only candidate who can win the Primary AND hold this seat for the Democrats.