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Published: 09/14/10

Poll Watch Round-Up: Latest on Tuesday's Hot Primary Races

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
Poll Watch Round-Up: Latest on Tuesday's Hot Primary Races

The big primaries to watch Tuesday night are on the Republican side, which has been featuring more Tea Party vs. the Establishment battles than Democrats, who are presumably the people the movement most wants to beat on Election Day. Here's a round-up of the latest Poll Watch dispatches on those races: Kelly Ayotte Tries to Hold on in GOP's New Hampshire Senate Primary Former New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, long considered a shoo-in for the GOP Senate nomination, still is out in front with Tuesday's primary at hand, but she has seen her lead shrink over Ovide Lamontagne, a Tea ...

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Published: 09/5/10

The 2010 Midterm Elections: What's Happening in the Hot Races

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
The 2010 Midterm Elections: What's Happening in the Hot Races

The Labor Day weekend is the traditional starting point for general election campaigns, and races for the House, Senate and governors' seats are moving into high gear, particularly now that nearly all of the primary contests are settled. There's one more big round of primaries to go on Sept. 14. You can track how the campaigns are going at Politics Daily's Poll Watch. Here's a wrap-up of what's happening in some of those races: Colorado In Scrambled Governor's Race, Tancredo Vows He's There to Stay The Republican campaign for governor in Colorado has so far been a contest of Mutually ...

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Published: 06/29/10

GOP Newcomer Ron Johnson Throws Scare into Russ Feingold in Wisconsin Senate Race

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
GOP Newcomer Ron Johnson Throws Scare into Russ Feingold in Wisconsin Senate Race

Earlier in this already-surprising election cycle, it looked like Wisconsin's three-term Democratic senator, Russ Feingold, had a pretty safe seat unless former Gov. Tommy Thompson decided to challenge him. Thompson didn't bite, but another poll is showing that a come-from-nowhere candidate, Republican Ron Johnson, is giving Feingold a run for his money. Johnson, who unexpectedly won the endorsement of the state GOP to make the race against Feingold, is in a statistical tie with the incumbent, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted June 26-27. The same was true of a Rasmussen ...

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Published: 01/28/10

Feingold May Be Vulnerable If Thompson Seeks His Wisconsin Senate Seat

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
Feingold May Be Vulnerable If Thompson Seeks His Wisconsin Senate Seat

If former Gov. Tommy Thompson gets into the Wisconsin race for U.S. Senate, Democrats could find themselves with another vulnerable incumbent on their hands in three-term Sen. Russ Feingold, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Jan. 26. Thompson leads Feingold, 47 percent to 43 percent, with 6 percent preferring some other candidate and 4 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points. As of now, there are two Republicans officially running for Feingold's job -- real estate developer Terrence Wall and businessman Dave Westlake. Asked whether he would jump in, Thompson told the ...

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