Boxer Has Lead in California Senate Match-Ups

Three-term California Sen. Barbara Boxer leads two of her potential GOP challengers, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Nov. 17.

Boxer leads former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina by 46 percent to 37 percent with 5 percent preferring someone else and 12 percent undecided.

She leads state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, around whom many conservative activists are rallying, by 46 percent to 36 percent with 5 percent preferring someone else and 13 percent undecided.

Both DeVore and Fiorina still suffer from name recognition problems with 44 percent not knowing enough about DeVore to express a favorable or unfavorable opinion and 31 percent in that position when it comes to Fiorina. By contrast, only 8 percent do not have an opinion of Boxer, who is regarded favorably by 51 percent and unfavorably by 41 percent.