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In Washington State, Dino Rossi Joins Race to Unseat Sen. Patty Murray
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyRepublican Dino Rossi, a battle-tested but twice beaten candidate in Washington state, said Wednesday he wants to run against the state's senior senator, Democrat Patty Murray. Republicans need to pick up 10 seats in November to claim control of the Senate and Rossi gives them a credible candidate to take on the entrenched Murray, who is bidding for her fourth term. Rossi, a former real estate agent, lost contests for governor in 2004 and 2008 and had to deal with sharp scrutiny of his commercial real estate dealings. But he was pressured by national Republicans to take on Murray, the ...
Republican Dino Rossi Expected to Enter Washington Senate Race
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyRepublican Dino Rossi is hiring campaign staff and could enter the race to unseat Democratic Sen. Patty Murray in Washington state as soon as Wednesday. GOP strategist Pat Shortridge, who is currently working for the Senate campaign of Marco Rubio in Florida, has signed on to become Rossi's campaign manager, The Seattle Times reported Monday. Rumors have swirled for months that Rossi, a former state senator and unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate, was considering a run. A number of other Republicans are already running, including former Washington Redskin Clint Didier. Most of the ...
New Washington Senate Poll Shows Murray Ahead of Rossi by 17
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyMany of the polls on the Washington Senate race -- including one released Wednesday -- show Democratic incumbent Patty Murray easily besting the declared Republican candidates seeking her job, but facing a closer contest if former state senator and unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi got into the race. The last three polls had these results: Rasmussen had Murray statistically tied with Rossi at 48 percent to 46 percent, SurveyUSA had Rossi ahead 52 percent to 42 percent, and Research 2000 put Murray ahead 52 percent to 41 percent. Now comes an Elway poll conducted April 29 - May ...
Democrats' Murray Posts Weak Numbers in Washington Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThree-term Democratic Sen. Patty Murray is looking vulnerable in her bid for re-election, with former gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi leading her by 10 points and three lesser-known candidates all within margin-of-error range of her, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted April 19-22. Rossi, a businessman and former state senator who lost the closest governor's race in U.S. history in 2004, leads Murray 52 percent to 42 percent with 7 percent undecided. He has the support of 87 percent of fellow Republicans while Murray is backed by 73 percent of Democrats. Rossi leads among independents ...
Democrats' Murray Could Face Close Contest in Washington if Rossi Runs
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDemocratic Sen. Patty Murray leads three of the Republicans who have announced they'd run against her, but if Dino Rossi -- famous for losing the closest governor's race in U.S. history decides to jump in, Murray would find herself in a statistical tie with him, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted April 6. Rossi leads Murray 48 percent to 46 percent with 1 percent preferring some other candidate and 5 percent undecided. Rossi recently told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that there is "no hurry" to make a decision because the filing deadline is not until June. Against the declared ...
Democrat's Murray Would Face Close Race if GOP's Dino Rossi Runs
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe big question hanging over the Senate race in Washington state, where Democrat Patty Murray is seeking a fourth term, is whether Republican Dino Rossi, who lost the closest governor's race in U.S. history decides to jump in. A Rasmussen Reports poll conducted March 9 shows Murray ahead of three Republican candidates but trailing Rossi, who has said he is considering the race, by 3 points (the margin of error is 4.5 points). Murray is viewed favorably by more than half the state's voters but she falls short (though not by much) of the 50 percent mark against all of them. Rasmussen ...
WA-Gov: Likely Nailbiter or Snoozefest?
By Matt Singer - Politics DailyFor years, it has seemed likely that the upcoming Washington Governor's race, a rematch between Governor Christine Gregoire and her 2004 opponent Dino Rossi, would be a blowout race. Consider the evidence: Gregoire's victory took something like 3 counts and when all was said and done, she won by 179 votes; Rossi effectively positioned himself as the wronged moderate in a ticket-splitting state -- think a Gore rerun in 2004 if 9/11 had never happened; and Rossi has been raising and campaigning through "Forward Washington" a front-group he set up to keep his name in the papers (Forward WA is not ...
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