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GOP Poised to Sweep Ohio Senate, Governor Races as Anti-Obama Sentiment Surges
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer GOP congressman and Bush cabinet member Rob Portman has jumped out to a 20 point lead over Democratic Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher in Ohio's Senate race, setting the stage of a midterm sweep of the Senate and governor races in the state, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted Sept. 9-14. Portman leads Fisher 55 percent to 35 percent with 1 percent preferring someone else and 9 percent undecided. Fisher is backed by 81 percent of Democrat's compared to Portman's 91 percent support among Republicans, and Portman also leads by 55 percent to 30 percent among independents, with 14 ...
Round-Up of Senate and Governor Races in Nevada, Ohio and Washington
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyCNN/Time/Opinion Research polled likely voters in governor and Senate races in Nevada, Ohio and Washington Sept. 10-14 and came up with these results (all margins of error are 3.5 points): Nevada As nearly every other recent poll has, this one shows Republican Sharron Angle and Democrat Harry Reid in a statistical tie in the Senate race, with Angle ahead 42 percent to 41 percent with 16 percent preferring neither or another candidate. Republican Brian Sandoval is crushing Harry's son Rory in the race for governor by 58 percent to 31 percent with 10 percent preferring ...
Sarah Palin's Tuesday Picks Come Out on Top, Mostly
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailySarah Palin's busy primary endorsement season came to a mostly winning end Tuesday, most notably with victories by two of her "mama grizzlies": Christine O'Donnell, who prevailed in Delaware's GOP Senate primary, and Kelly Ayotte, who narrowly defeated Ovide Lamontagne in the New Hampshire GOP race for Senate. By Facebook, via Twitter, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate has handed out endorsements, well, right and righter this election season. She stood up for U.S. Sen. John McCain, who put her in the spotlight as his running mate. And she spurned home state ...
Round-Up of Senate and Governor Polls in Six Battleground States
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTwo pollsters -- Fox News/Pulse Opinion Research -- released a trove of Senate and governor race surveys Tuesday, and below is a summary of what they found. Taegan Goddard of Political Wire notes, "The new set of Fox News surveys ... were actually conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, which is a new venture from pollster Scott Rasmussen which 'will allow anyone willing to pay $600 to go to the website, type in their credit card number, and run any poll that they wanted, with any language that they want...'" California Fox News/Pulse Opinion Strategies Three-term Democratic Sen. Barbara ...
As Ohio Goes, So Go the Midterms -- and Possibly 2012
By Linda Killian - Politics DailyIn this "swingiest of swing states," as one Ohioan described the Buckeye State to me recently, no political party has a lock on voters' affections. Politicians have to earn it, election by election. And right now, the advantage that Democrats won in 2008 with Barack Obama's victory and the pickup of U.S. and state House seats is seriously threatened. If current polls are correct and the election were held tomorrow, it's a good bet the GOP would sweep the board in Ohio, taking back the governorship, at least a couple of U.S. House seats, the state House and hold onto the U.S. Senate seat ...
The 2010 Midterm Elections: What's Happening in the Hot Races
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe 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 ...
Republicans Take the Lead in Ohio's Governor's and Senate Races
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican candidates have jumped out to double-digit leads in both the Ohio governor's and Senate races, according to a Columbus Dispatch poll conducted Aug. 25 -Sept. 3. In the gubernatorial contest, former Republican Rep. John Kasich leads Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland by 49 percent to 37 percent, with 4 percent preferring some other candidate and 10 percent undecided. For the Senate seat being vacated by the GOP's George Voinovich, former Bush cabinet member and congressman Rob Portman leads Democratic Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher by 50 percent to 37 percent, with 3 percent preferring another ...
GOP's Rob Portman Widens Lead Over Lee Fisher in Ohio Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer Republican Rep. Rob Portman has expanded his lead over Democratic Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher in the race to fill the seat of GOP Sen. George Voinovich, who decided not to seek re-election, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Aug. 27-29. Portman leads Fisher by 45 percent to 38 percent, with 18 percent undecided, compared to Fisher's 40 percent to 38 percent edge in PPP's late June poll. The margin of error is 4.5 points. The picture of Portman's progress is in synch with a mid-August Rasmussen Reports poll that had him ahead by 45 percent to 37 percent, compared to a ...
Rob Portman Widens Lead Over Lee Fisher in Ohio Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer Republican Rep. Rob Portman has put more distance between himself and Democratic Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher in the race to fill the seat being left open by retiring GOP Sen. George Voinovich, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Aug. 16 Portman leads Fisher by 45 percent to 37 percent with 5 percent preferring some other candidate and 13 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4 points. At the beginning of the month, Portman had led 44 percent to 40 percent. His biggest previous lead in matchups with Fisher in nine polls that Rasmussen has done this year had been 6 points. When ...
'Enthusiasm' Factor Helping Republicans in Ohio Senate, Governor Races
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublicans have a big edge when it comes to the "enthusiasm" factor among Ohio voters, and their candidates have the edge in the races for governor and senator, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Aug. 6-8. Former Republican Rep. John Kasich is leading Democratic incumbent Ted Strickland in the governor's race by 48 percent to 39 percent. Rob Portman, another former GOP congressman as well as a cabinet member in George W. Bush's administration, leads Democratic Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher by 43 percent to 36 percent. The margin of error is 4.3 points. Seventy-five percent of registered ...
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