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Eight Lessons of the 2010 Midterms
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyExcept for a little clean-up duty in Louisiana and Hawaii, the rowdy and random 2010 midterm primary season concluded this week, with more upstarts and upsets. Now, the remaining general election candidates, not to mention the leaders of both major political parties, are trying to discern what in the world the voters are trying to tell them – or whether there even are any coherent messages to be gleaned in this grueling election season. The short answer is that voters are certainly trying to tell the political class a thing or two, but it's not always clear what voters are trying to ...
Tea Party Coups: O'Donnell for Senate in Delaware, Paladino for New York Governor
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyTea Party conservatives emerged from the final big night of the 2010 primary season with at least two shocking upsets: Their pick in Delaware's Republican Senate primary, Christine O'Donnell, toppled veteran Rep. Michael Castle. And Buffalo developer Carl Paladino, a political newcomer allied with the Tea Party, defeated former congressman Rick Lazio in New York's Republican gubernatorial primary. The Delaware primary was a fitting climax to a season of noisy contests between candidates anointed by the Republican establishment because they seemed more electable, and those favored by Tea Party ...
Electable or Not, Tea Party Candidates Surge in Final Round of Primaries
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyThe 2010 primary season is ending with a blast of people power that recalls Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign -- except this time the fired-up grassroots are conservatives instead of liberals. Candidates blessed by the Republican establishment are under threat this week from upstart "outsiders" and primary voters who care more about ideology than electability. The latest establishment Republicans on the line include moderate nine-term Rep. Michael Castle of Delaware and a former New Hampshire attorney general, Kelly Ayotte, in Senate primaries, and former Rep. Rick Lazio in New York's ...
Two N.H. GOP Senate Hopefuls Lead Democrat Hodes by 10 Points
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTwo of the three Republicans running for their party's nod to face Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes in the race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire now have 10 point leads over Hodes, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Narch 8. State Attorney General Kelly Ayotte leads Hodes 47 percent to 37 percent with 4 percent preferring someone else and 12 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points. A month ago, she had led by 7 points. Businessman William Binnie, who last month had led Hodes by a point, now is ahead of him by 46 percent to 36 percent with 4 percent ...
Ayotte Still Leading the Field in New Hampshire Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyA new Rasmussen Reports poll in New Hampshire confirms what surveys have consistently been showing which is that the state's Republican Attorney General Kelly Ayotte has the best chance of the candidates in the GOP primary field to beat Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes in the race for the Senate seat being left open by the Judd Gregg. Ayotte leads Hodes 46 percent to 39 percent with 3 percent preferring some other candidate and 13 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points and the poll was conducted Feb. 10. Hodes leads lawyer Ovide Lamontagne 44 percent to 38 percent with 4 percent ...
Hodes Can't Gain Ground on Ayotte in New Hampshire Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNew Hampshire's Republican Attorney General Kelly Ayotte continues to be the strongest GOP candidate against Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes, leading him 41 percent to 33 percent with 25 percent undecided, according to a WMUR/University of New Hampshire Granite State poll conducted Jan. 27 - Feb. 3. The margin of error is 4.4 points. That's about the same margin Ayotte has enjoyed since October. Hodes leads the three other GOP hopefuls. He's ahead of lawyer Ovide Lamontagne 38 percent to 29 percent with 25 percent undecided. He leads businessman William Binnie 34 percent to 30 percent with 33 ...
Kelly Ayotte Leads Paul Hodes in New Hampshire Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNew Hampshire's Republican Attorney General Kelly Ayotte is leading Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes in the race to fill the seat of GOP Sen. Judd Gregg who is not seeking re-election, according to a Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll conducted Feb. 1-3. Hodes leads the other two Republicans hoping to run against him. Ayotte leads Hodes 46 percent to 39 percent with 11 percent undecided. She has the advantage among independents (39 percent of the sample)with a 47 percent to 35 percent lead. Hodes leads lawyer Ovide Lamontagne 46 percent to 36 percent with 13 percent undecided and beats him 45 percent ...
Ayotte Leading Hodes in New Hampshire Senate Match-Up
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNew Hampshire's Republican Attorney General Kelly Ayotte right now is the strongest candidate in the party's field to fill the seat of retiring GOP Sen. Judd Gregg. Ayotte is running ahead of Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes by 49 percent to 40 percent with 3 percent preferring someone else and 8 percent undecided, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Jan. 12. The margin of error is 4.5 points. ...
Hodes Trails Two GOP Hopefuls in New Hampshire Senate Match-Ups
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTwo-term Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes trails both potential Republican nominees in the race to fill the seat being vacated by retiring GOP Sen. Judd Gregg, according to an American Research Group poll conducted Dec. 26-29. ...
Ayotte Leads Hodes for Senate in New Hampshire
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, a Republican, holds a 40 percent to 33 percent lead over two-term Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes in a general election match-up to fill the seat of retiring GOP Sen. Judd Gregg, according to a Granite State poll conducted Sept. 25 to Oct. 2. The margin of error is 4.4 percent. ...
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