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By
NICK GOSNELL <a href="https://hutchpost.com">Hutch
Post</a>
HUTCHINSON,
Kan. — 
A political science professor at the University of Kansas notes that it 
will be hard to tell what impact Bob Dole's endorsement of Roger 
Marshall in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in 2020 really has."With
 this particular endorsement, it's useful to think about how much it can
 move voters, versus what else does it bring in terms of resources or 
symbolic support," Patrick Miller said. "In terms of how much Bob Dole 
actually moves voters, it's very hard to say and it's particularly going
 to be hard to say in this race, because there's very limited polling. 
It's not like you can look at a string of polls before and after the 
endorsement and say Bob Dole is worth five points. We're not going to be
 able to do that."Dole's previous endorsements in Kansas political races have been hit and miss in terms of picking winners."Bob
 Dole, when he endorses, is viewed as kind of the blessing of the 
Republican establishment on a certain candidate," Miller said. "Bob Dole
 is very much seen as an establishment Republican and close to 
Republicans in the 'establishment', whatever that means. That would be a
 big thing for Marshall right now. With Mike Pompeo out of the race, 
Marshall certainly does want to be seen as the leading candidate against
 Kris Kobach."It will also be interesting to see if that blessing may help other Republicans reconsider their candidacies at this point."If
 it matters behind the scenes, it's really going to be impossible for us
 to know out here in the public," Miller said. "I can't think of a race 
recently where Bob Dole's endorsement has encouraged anyone to drop out.
 It might impact at the margins in this race. If we think back to the 
2018 primary, Kobach, arguably, did get through that primary, very 
narrowly, because the opposition to him was very divided."The 
limited polling there has been shows Kobach as the front-runner, but a 
lot of Republicans still need to make up their minds and they have 
plenty of time to do so, as the primary isn't until August.

KU professor: Too early to tell the impact of Dole endorsement