Oregon's Wyden Holds Early Lead Over Potential GOP Senate Rival

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Oregon's two-term Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden has a 49-percent-to-35-percent lead over law professor Jim Huffman, a political newcomer said to be considering a run, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 16. Seven percent prefer another choice while 9 percent are undecided.

Rasmussen raises the prospect that Wyden is potentially vulnerable because his support is under 50 percent against a candidate about whom 43 percent do not know enough to express a favorable or unfavorable opinion. Wyden won his last election with 63 percent of the vote.

"Given Oregon's political leanings, it's a tough struggle for any Republican candidate against a popular Democrat like Wyden," Rasmussen said. "Still, an incumbent who polls less than 50 percent at this stage of the campaign is viewed as potentially vulnerable."

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