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Governor, Senate Poll Roundup: Looking at the Closest Races
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyA flood of new polls on this year's key governor and Senate races came out Sunday and Monday, and here are the ones that showed the tightest races and those where the margins are larger, but the outcome is still in at least some doubt. (You can find details of these polls, and links to them, further down this posting). -- One point separates Democratic incumbent Michael Bennet and Republican Ken Buck in the Colorado Senate race, according to Public Policy Polling. Fox News/Pulse Opinion Research gives Buck a four-point lead. -- The race for governor in Connecticut, where Republican Jodi Rell ...
Latest Roundup of Polls for Governor and Senate Races
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyHere's a roundup of polls from across the country on the Senate and gubernatorial races. Updated so far today are California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Texas. In the Maine governor race, a Critical Insights poll has an independent candidate catching up to the Democratic nominee in a contest where the Republican is comfortably on top. Check back here for more updates throughout the day. Alaska POLLS RELEASED WEDNESDAY: Incumbent Lisa Murkowski is tied with Joe Miller, who beat her her for the GOP senate nomination, at 37 percent each with ...
Democrat Pat Quinn Catches GOP's Bill Brady in Illinois Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDemocratic Gov. Pat Quinn, the man who took over from his disgraced predecessor, Rod Blagojevich, has fought his way back in Illinois' gubernatorial election, inching one point ahead of Republican state Sen. Bill Brady, according to a Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV poll conducted Sept. 24-28. Quinn leads Brady by 39 percent to 38 percent. Independent Scott Lee Cohen, who had won the Democratic lieutenant governor nomination but dropped out amid damaging disclosures about his personal affairs, draws 4 percent as an independent candidate. Green Party candidate Rich Whitney gets 3 percent and ...
2010 Midterms: Worried Seniors, Running from Pelosi, an Illinois 'Spoiler'
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySix weeks out from the Nov. 2 midterm elections, news organizations around the country are reporting that: -- In Florida, a generational shift may be taking place among senior citizens who already were cool to President Obama in 2008 and are said to be increasingly worried about the surge in federal spending and issues close to them, like Medicare. -- One Pennsylvania House race is a showcase for the GOP's strategy of trying to tie Democratic candidates to Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the same way Democrats sought to saddle Republicans with former President Bush in 2008. -- An independent in ...
GOP's Bill Brady Leading Democrat Pat Quinn in Illinois Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican state Sen. Bill Brady is leading Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn in Illinois' gubernatorial race by 37 percent to 32 percent, with 19 percent undecided, according to a Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV poll published Sunday. There are three minor party candidates in the race. Scott Lee Cohen, who withdrew as Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in February after disclosures that he had engaged in domestic abuse and failed to pay back taxes and child support, has re-emerged as an independent. The millionaire pawnbroker, who has money to invest in his own campaign, polled 4 percent. Green ...
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