Original sentence: State Attorney General Jay Nixon, who has won re-election to his position several times despite being a Democrat in what had been a Republican-trending state before McCaskill's successful Senate bid, would be a frontrunner for the Democrats if he loses his 2008 bid for the Governor's Mansion against unpopular Republican incumbent Matt Blunt
Edited sentence: State Attorney General Jay Nixon, who has won re-election to his position several times despite being a Democrat in what had been a Republican-trending state before McCaskill's successful Senate bid, would be a frontrunner for the Democrats if he loses his 2008 bid for the Governor's Mansion against mediocre Republican incumbent Matt Blunt, which is unlikely given Nixon's strong showing in recent polls for the governor's race and Blunt's unpopularity with voters