Kasich Still Leads for Ohio Governor
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 26th, 2010 4:40 am by HL
Kasich Still Leads for Ohio Governor
A new Quinnipiac poll in Ohio shows Gov. Ted Strickland (D) has cut John Kasich’s (D) lead to just six points, 49% to 43%, percent among those likely to vote.
Said pollster Peter Brown: “Strickland has made the race for governor competitive. He still trails by six points, and certainly has his work cut out for him. But Strickland has had the momentum in the last month. To be sure, one would much rather be in Kasich’s shoes today, and the Republican remains the favorite to be Ohio’s next governor. But if Strickland can continue his momentum he might surprise people.”
Blumenthal Holds Solid Lead in Connecticut
A new Quinnipiac poll in Connecticut finds Richard Blumenthal (D) leading Linda McMahon (R) by 12 points in the U.S. Senate race, 54% to 42%, among likely voters. This is virtually unchanged from a similar survey two weeks ago.
Said pollster Douglas Schwartz: “The vote for Connecticut governor and senator is solidifying. There has been little movement in either race in the last two weeks. McMahon has tried to raise Blumenthal’s negatives over the last several weeks, but she hasn’t been successful. He remains popular, but McMahon’s own negatives have risen above 50 percent. One has to wonder if over the last few weeks McMahon would have been better off spending more of her millions on positive ads.”
Brady Holds Small Lead for Illinois Governor
A new Chicago Tribune poll in Illinois finds Bill Brady (R) edging Gov. Pat Quinn (D) in the race for governor, 43% to 39%.
“The poll indicates a sizable chunk of voters — nearly one in three — still have no opinion of Brady despite a year of campaigning for the state’s highest office. That Brady now has a slight lead in the poll indicates a willingness among many voters to seek change during a time of economic uncertainty and go with an unfamiliar candidate rather than a better-known commodity like Quinn.”
Sink Broke Rules at Debate
Florida gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink (D) violated the rules at a debate last night when her make-up artist delivered a message during a television break, CNN reports.
Sink “was shown a two-sentence message on a cell phone that offered her advice during the debate. Republican nominee Rick Scott who was sitting next to her in this nationally televised debate, noticed the violation and notified a CNN official, who approached the make-up artist and Sink and confiscated the cell phone.”
The St. Petersburg Times reports that after the debate, the Sink campaign announced that the advisor who sent the message has been dismissed from the campaign.
