Jerry Brown Shows Strength in California Governor's Race

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California Attorney General Jerry Brown leads all Republican candidates in early match-ups for the 2010 governor's race, but the other Democrat seeking the office, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, trails the GOP hopefuls who were tested in a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Sept. 24.

Brown, who served as governor from 1975 to 1983 before making several tries for the Democratic presidential nomination, leads former eBay CEO Meg Whitman 44 percent to 35 percent, with 3 percent preferring someone else and 18 percent undecided.

He leads businessman Steve Poizner 45 percent to 32 percent with 5 percent preferring another candidate and 18 percent undecided. And Brown runs ahead of former Rep. Tom Campbell by 44 percent to 34 percent with 6 percent preferring someone else and 16 percent undecided.

However, Whitman leads Newsom 41 percent to 36 with 5 percent preferring someone else and 18 percent undecided. Newsom trails Poizner by 40 percent to 36 percent with 6 percent preferring someone else and 18 percent undecided. He also runs behind Campbell by 42 percent to 36 percent with 6 percent preferring someone else and 17 percent undecided.

All the Republican candidates at this point suffer from being less known than Brown or Newsom. Twenty-eight percent don't know enough about Whitman to have a favorable or unfavorable view of her, and the same goes for Poizner at 32 percent and Campbell at 26 percent. In contrast, only 10 percent don't have an opinion about Brown and 14 percent about Newsom.

Filed Under: Polls, Governors, Poll Watch, 2010 Elections

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