Republican Hopefuls Running Neck-and-Neck With Democrat Bennet in Colorado

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Embattled Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet finds himself running even or marginally ahead of three Republican contenders for his seat, according to a Research 2000/Daily Kos poll conducted Jan. 11-13. That's not great news for an incumbent but it is a better showing than a Rasmussen Reports poll released earlier this week that showed him trailing all three.

Bennet was named to the seat last year when President Obama named Ken Salazar to be his Interior Secretary.

Bennet leads former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton 40 percent to 39 percent with 21 percent undecided; he leads Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck by 41 percent to 38 percent with 21 percent undecided; and, he leads former state Sen. Tom Wiens 42 percent to 38 percent with 20 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4 points.

Former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, who is making a longshot bid to wrest the Democratic nomination from Bennet, finds himself in even tighter match-ups with the Republicans than Bennet, trailing Norton by two points, leading Wiens by 2 points, and edging Buck by 1 point.

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

Tagged: colorado senate race, ColoradoSenateRace, jane norton, JaneNorton, ken buck, KenBuck, michael bennett, MichaelBennett, tom wiens, TomWiens

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