Bruce Drake

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Portman Still Holds Slight Edge in Ohio Senate Race

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01/14/10

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

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Former Bush cabinet member and Republican Rep. Rob Portman continues to have an edge over two Democratic hopefuls in the race to fill the seat being vacated by retiring GOP Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio. But Portman's lead among those potential challengers is statistically insignificant, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Jan. 12

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Portman leads Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner 43 percent to 40 percent with 5 percent preferring someone else and 14 percent undecided. He runs ahead of Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher by 44 percent to 37 percent with 4 percent preferring someone else and 14 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points.

Rasmussen says that, in December, Portman was in a virtual tie with Fisher 38% to 36% and was ahead of Brunner 40% to 33%. In September, the candidates were neck-and-neck.

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rthompson1329

1:15PM Jan 14th 2010

ut oh another tight race mmmmmmmm what is america thinking.... maybe we don't like obama's current agenda ha ha that's right show them at the polls how you feel vote em out

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