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Published: 01/15/10

Hoeven Has Commanding Lead in Race for Dorgan's North Dakota Senate Seat

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
Hoeven Has Commanding Lead in Race for Dorgan's North Dakota Senate Seat

John Hoeven, North Dakota's popular three-term Republican governor who is running to fill the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Byron Dorgan, holds leads of 21 points or more against three Democrats tested against him in hypothetical match-ups, according to a Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll conducted Jan. 11-13. Hoeven leads former Attorney General Heidi Heitkamp 55 percent to 34 percent, with 11 percent undecided. Heitkampt has not said that she would run but is one of the few Democrats to have held statewide office. He leads MSNBC's liberal talk show host Ed Schultz by 56 percent to 32 ...

Published: 12/21/09

Hoeven Would Beat Dorgan for N.D. Senate Seat if He Runs

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
Hoeven Would Beat Dorgan for N.D. Senate Seat if He Runs

North Dakota Republicans have been trying to get their popular three-term governor, John Hoeven, to take on three-term Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan next year, and if he did, Hoeven would find himself leading 58 percent to 26 percent with 6 percent undecided, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Dec. 15. ...

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