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Republican Rob Portman, a former congressman and cabinet member, faces a tight race with either of two Democrats he is matched up against for the Ohio Senate seat being vacated by GOP incumbent George Voinovich, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Sept. 23.
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Portman is statistically tied with Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, leading 41 percent to 40 percent with 6 percent preferring some other candidate and 14 percent undecided. The same is true if the Democratic candidate is Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, with Portman leading 40 percent to 38 percent with 5 percent preferring someone else and 18 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points.
All the hopefuls have some work to do getting better known. Thirty-two percent don't know enough about Portman to have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of him, while 24 percent have no opinion of Fisher and 28 percent don't know about Brunner.
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fitch927
5:45PM Sep 25th 2009
LEE FISHER WILL MAKE A GREAT SEANTOR FOR OHIO,
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park457799
8:34PM Sep 25th 2009
Brunner is an idiot! She is tied in with ACORN and the Obama Campaign as well as Governor Jello Ted Strickland, another idiot! DO NOT VOTE FOR ANY DEMOCRATS!
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(5) Paula Dell
9:16PM Sep 25th 2009
Looks like the people may not be responding to the tinfoil hat wearing Repubs ...
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(-3) TEVA
10:00PM Sep 25th 2009
Rob Portman will win the senate seat.
Being a Portman in Ohio is like being a Kennedy in
Massachusetts. Plus there are no Obama coat tails to ride and mabey no acorn to cheat for the left this time.
Being a Portman in Ohio is like being a Kennedy in
Massachusetts. Plus there are no Obama coat tails to ride and mabey no acorn to cheat for the left this time.
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(1) park457799
10:00PM Sep 25th 2009
Fisher and Brunner are lunatics!
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(3) Tom
4:29AM Sep 26th 2009
As much as the AOL right wingnuts would have all of believe that "the damn liberals are in trouble this time around" we can see that is not the case. If so, this would have been an open and shut case with no tight race and Portman would already be declared the winner. With a tight margin like this in "America's Heartland" proves that the Democrats are on target with their plans to better America - even if Portman wins.
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(1) kathy
4:48AM Sep 26th 2009
Tom, actually it comes down to who spent more money on their campaign to make them look better, legally or illegally they dont care. So you can come down off your little high thinking your Democrats are any better than Republicans, as they aren't, its all a show. And we're the idiots that watch this crap go on. They are Professional Politicians, mostly corrupt. If an honest man runs, he wont make it, its too bad, but its true.
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(0) jan
8:45AM Sep 26th 2009
In Cincinnati we know Rob and know that he is a good man, an honest man, and most of all a conservative with our money. No ties to ACORN, TIDE, APOLLO, Obama, and all the other democratic corruption, and best of all, not a friend of the lunatic takeover of all of our healthcare.
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