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Voter Lawsuit Filed in Arkansas' Blanche Lincoln, Bill Halter Senate Runoff
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyA lawsuit on behalf of three Arkansas voters against the Garland County Election Commission was filed late Tuesday afternoon, adding a dramatic twist to Tuesday's runoff between incumbent Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Lt. Governor Bill Halter for the Democratic Senate nomination. The lawsuit, filed by Hot Springs attorney Ben Hooten, states that the commission intentionally scheduled only two polling sites for "the purpose of disenfranchising " minority, elderly, poor and disabled voters in the county. It also says that "the greater part of the voting electorate are unable to find or reach" the ...
California Senate Race: Carly Fiorina, Climate Change and an Idiotic Ad
By David Corn - Politics DailyThere's an old cliché: Character is how you behave when no one is looking. And there's another way of testing character for a politician: what he or she is willing to say to get elected. Carly Fiorina failed that test this week -- when she released perhaps the most idiotic and juvenile campaign ad of the election year. Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, is the leading candidate in the California Republican Senate primary and is expected to beat former Rep. Tom Campbell and state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore in next week's election. (This week, Campbell pulled his television ads.) So ...
GOP's Castle Holds Big Lead in Delaware Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNine-term Republican Rep. Mike Castle is leading Democrat Christopher Coons, the New Castle County Executive, by 53 percent to 35 percent with 12 percent undecided, according to a Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll conducted Feb. 22-24. Castle enjoys 87 percent support from fellow Republicans while Coons is at 61 percent among Democrats. Castle leads by better than 2-to-1 among independents. This is about the same result that Rasmussen Reports got in a poll conducted Feb. 23. Follow Poll Watch on Twitter ...
Democrat Meek Trails Badly in Florida Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNo matter who emerges victorious from Florida's hard-fought Republican Senate primary, both Gov. Charlie Crist and former state House Speaker Marco Rubio have double-digit leads over four-term Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 18. Crist leads Meek 48 percent to 32 percent with 11 percent preferring someone else and 9 percent undecided. Rubio leads Meek 51 percent to 31 percent with 7 percent preferring another candidate and 11 percent undecided. Meek draws far less support from fellow Democrats (in the low 60 percent range) in the two ...
Mitt to Mac: I'm on Your Side in Arizona Re-Election Campaign
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe rapprochement continues. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who sparred with Sen. John McCain in the hard-fought 2008 Republican presidential campaign, said Tuesday he is endorsing McCain's bid for re-election in Arizona, where he faces a conservative challenger. "For years, I've been an admirer of John McCain. Then, we became competitors. Today, I'm proud to call him my friend," Romney said in a statement reported by Politico. ". . . I believe that it is his core value of courage, faith and honor -- forged in battle and confirmed by a lifetime of service to America -- that make ...
Rubio Tops Crist by 18 Points in Latest Poll on Florida Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer State House Speaker Marco Rubio, who has been embraced by conservative activists and the Tea Party movement, has widened his lead over Gov. Charlie Crist in the race for Florida's Republican Senate nomination, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 18. Rubio now leads Crist by 54 percent to 36 percent with 4 percent preferring another choice and 7 percent undecided. Rasmussen's previous poll, conducted Jan. 27, had Rubio ahead 49 percent to 37 percent among likely primary voters with 3 percent preferring someone else and 11 percent undecided. Rubio is seen favorably by ...
Feingold Ahead in Wisconsin Re-Election Bid, but not if Thompson Runs
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyWisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold leads the two declared GOP challengers for his job but would be running behind if former Gov. Tommy Thompson got into the race, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 17. Feingold leads businessman David Westlake by 47 percent to 37 percent with 6 percent preferring another candidate and 10 percent undecided. He leads real estate developer Terrence Wall 47 percent to 39 percent with 6 percent preferring someone else and 7 percent undecided. Thompson leads Feingold 48 percent to 43 percent with 6 percent preferring someone else and 4 percent ...
Brad Ellsworth, Top Pick for Democrats, Will Run for Evan Bayh's Senate Seat
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyU.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth, a second-term Democrat, will announce Friday that he will run for the Indiana Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Evan Bayh, according to a report by Chris Cillizza at The Washington Post. Ellsworth, a native of Evansville, serves a district in south central Indiana. A former longtime county sheriff, he was elected to the House in 2006 as a part of Democratic efforts to recruit very moderate candidates for seats in conservative states, including Indiana. He has been a part of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition and has occasionally strayed from the Democratic ...
Marshall Leads Democratic Pack in Race to Oppose GOP's Burr in N.C.
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNorth Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall is leading the pack of Democrats hoping to run against GOP Sen. Richard Burr, but half of the voters are still undecided about who they will support in the race, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Feb. 12-15. Marshall draws 29 percent of the vote with former state Sen. Cal Cunningham at 12 percent, Democratic organizer and fundraiser Kenneth Lewis at 5 percent and lawyer Marcus Williams at 2 percent. Fifty-one percent are undecided. All suffer at this point from lack of name recognition. Sixty-two percent don't know enough ...
John Mellencamp: Will He Rock the Senate in Indiana?
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailySay what you want about Evan Bayh, Indiana's popular, moderate, retiring senator: He's no rock star. Now, some Indiana Democrats, facing a formidable challenge to protect Bayh's open seat in November, may be looking to the rock world for help, The Washington Post says. An online effort is under way in Hoosier country to draft John Mellencamp as a Democratic Senate candidate. Mellencamp, known for his blue-collar, social-themed lyrics, lives in Indiana and is a co-founder with Willie Nelson of Farm Aid. He supported Barack Obama in the 2008 campaign, performed at his inauguration, and asked ...
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