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By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDemocrats and the news media have been having a load of fun with Nevada senate hopeful Sue Lowden's suggestion that one way to tackle health care costs is to barter with doctors, like bringing chickens to them in return for care, but her bigger concern in the race for the GOP nomination appears to be a surge for a Tea Party-backed candidate, according to a Mason-Dixon Research poll conducted May 10-11 for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Lowden, a former state GOP chair, was widely seen as the frontrunner in the contest to oppose Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and she still leads the field ...
GOP's Lowden Is Frontrunner in Race for Harry Reid's Seat
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer Nevada GOP chair Sue Lowden has a big lead in the race for her party's nomination to face Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and, in a general election race, she is leading Reid by 8 points, according to a Mason-Dixon Research poll conducted April 5-7. In the Republican race, Lowden leads businessman and former college basketball star Danny Tarkanian by 45 percent to 27. Three other candidates poll 5 percent or less each and 16 percent are undecided. The margin of error is 6 points. For the general election, Lowden leads Reid 46 percent to 38 percent with 5 percent for would-be Tea ...
Reid Remains Stuck Behind Three Republicans Who Want His Seat
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe bad news for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the latest Nevada Senate race poll is that his support is stuck in the 39 percent to 41 percent range when matched against three Republican contenders, and all of them lead him by margins of 7 to 15 points, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted March 31. The only difference from last month is that Reid's support in the three match-ups was 38 percent to 39 percent. Former state GOP chair Sue Lowden leads Reid by 54 percent to 39 percent, with 4 percent preferring someone else and 2 percent undecided. Last month, her margin was 51 ...
Two Republican Hopefuls Hit 50 Percent Mark in Race Against Reid
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTwo of the three Republicans hoping to challenge Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) this fall have hit or passed the 50 percent mark in widening their leads over him, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted March 3. But one thing the poll does not take into account is the impending entry into the race of businessman Scott Ashjian as a Tea Party candidate. A poll conducted Feb. 22-24 for the Las Vegas Review-Journal said that with a Tea Party candidate in the race, Reid squeaks by 36 percent to 32 percent for a generic Republican candidate, and 18 percent for the Tea Party ...
What Harry Reid Needs: A Tea Party Candidate
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe top Republican candidates seeking to topple Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid continue to lead him by comfortable margins, but the Las Vegas Review-Journal decided to throw a "what if" into the process and found that Reid might squeak back into the lead if a Tea Party candidate jumped into the race, according to a Mason-Dixon poll conducted Feb. 22-24 for the newspaper. Former state Republican chairman Sue Lowden, who is running ahead of the GOP pack for her party's nomination, leads Reid by 52 percent to 39 percent with 9 percent undecided. Businessman and former college basketball star ...
Harry Reid Languishes Near the 40 Percent Mark, Trailing All GOP Hopefuls
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySenate Majority Leader Harry Reid continues to languish at about the 40 percent mark in terms of support for his re-election, putting him behind four potential GOP rivals, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 2. Former state GOP chair Sue Lowden leads Reid 45 percent to 39 percent with 8 percent preferring another candidate and 8 percent undecided. Businessman and former college basketball star Danny Tarkanian leads Reid 47 percent to 39 percent with 8 percent preferring someone else and 6 percent undecided. Assemblywoman Sharron Angle leads Reid 44 percent to 40 percent ...
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman Would Do Better Than Harry Reid in Nevada Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe polls aren't getting any better for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, with a new survey by Daily Kos/Research 2000 showing him behind the two top Republican contenders, former state GOP chair Sue Lowden and businessman and former college basketball start Danny Tarkanian. The Research 2000 match-ups, conducted Jan. 18-20, generally found that Democratic alternatives to Reid fared better against the GOP pair in a general election race, particularly Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Lowden leads Reid by 51 percent to 42 percent with 7 percent undecided, with independents (17 percent of the ...
Reid Running a Losing Race, but Other Democrats Wouldn't Do Better
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyYet another poll shows Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid trailing his likely Republican opponents.But, if Reid were to do a Christopher Dodd and pull out in the race because of his sinking numbers, several Democratic opponents would not do much better. ...
Mixed Reviews for Reid from His State's Black Voters
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyBlack voters in Nevada say by a 48 percent to 39 percent margin that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid should not step down from his post despite the racial remarks he made about Barack Obama in a private conversation during the 2008 campaign.But, in a match-up against his two top GOP contenders, he gets only 52 percent of the black vote, according to a Public Policy Polling survey previewed today. ...
Reid Falls Further Behind in Race for Re-Election
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySenate Majority Leader Harry Reid has fallen further behind his two top Republican challengers, more because of a decline in support for his re-election than the strength of the GOP candidates, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Jan. 11. This is the first poll in Nevada since last weekend's story broke about racial remarks Reid had made in private about Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign. ...
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