Poll Shows Dodd Vulnerable in Re-election Race
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 10th, 2009 4:34 am by HL
Poll Shows Dodd Vulnerable in Re-election Race
A new Quinnipiac poll in Connecticut shows former Rep. Rob Simmons (R-CT) edging Sen. Christopher Dodd, 43% to 43%, in a possible 2010 U.S. Senate race.
However, Connecticut voters approve of the job Dodd is doing, 49% to 44%, compared to a negative 41% to 48% approval rating February 10.
Said pollster Douglas Schwartz: “These numbers have to worry Sen. Christopher Dodd. Former Congressman Simmons is not well known outside his district, yet he is running neck and neck with Dodd at this point. Simmons easily wins his former district. The good news for Dodd is that this is the first poll in a long time where Dodd’s job approval hasn’t dropped. It appears that Dodd’s slide may have ended.”
In other possible match ups, Dodd leads State Sen. Sam Caligiuri (R), 47% to 34%, and tops CNBC host Larry Kudlow (R), 46% to 34%.
More Bad News for Coleman
Norm Coleman (R) “had hoped an inspection of hundreds of secrecy envelopes holding rejected absentee ballots would yield enough additional votes to help him cut into Al Franken’s (D) 225-vote lead. But it turned out that only 89 of them had valid registrations,” the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
“That means Coleman’s pool of 1,725 ballots that he has said should be counted probably has shrunk by several hundred — at least for now — making it more difficult for him to overtake Franken.”
