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Looks like the other ball has dropped :
Republicans could be getting a break in upstate New York, where state Assemblyman Greg Ball (R) says he will run for state Senate rather than against Rep. John Hall (D-N.Y.).
Ball announced Saturday that he would make the switch. His exit clears the ...
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It ain't easy bein' cheesy. Here are the October fundraising numbers for the six major party committees (September numbers are here ):
Committee
October Receipts
October Spent
Cash-on-Hand
Debt
DCCC
$3,800,000
$4,000,000
$14,500,000
$3,300,000
NRCC
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Appropriations Committee
Democratic National Committee
So during a visit to the Miami headquarters, Crist took small nibbles of three products coming to a Burger King near you: the "Bourbon Whopper", "BK fire-grilled ribs" and funnel cake sticks.
"Oh my word, that is delicious. Get it away from me," after taking a bite of the hamburger with the ...
Congress
Charlie Crist
? CA-Sen : Rasmussen piggybacked another California Senate poll on their gubernatorial poll from yesterday. Despite finding some gains for Meg Whitman yesterday, they don't see any improvement for Carly Fiorina or Chuck DeVore. Barbara Boxer leads Fiorina 46-37 (it was 49-39 in September) and ...
Congress
Rasmussen (11/18, likely voters):
John McCain (R-inc) : 45
J.D. Hayworth (R) : 43
Chris Simcox (R) : 4
Some other : 2
Not sure : 7
(MoE: ?4%)
The good news! for John McCain is that ex-Rep. and current right-wing talk show host J.D. Hayworth hasn't made any moves toward running in a GOP ...
Congress
John McCain
Chris Simcox
Republican National Committee
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? NY-23 : Well, it didn't take long
for Doug Hoffman to start bringing the crazy. (Maybe
his new mentor Glenn Beck is already rubbing off on him.) First came the unconceding (and un-unconceding, as the absentee count wasn't getting him any closer), ...
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SSP Daily Digest: 11/19
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Crooks and Liars
found this 2 days agofound this
Big news in the Big Apple:
Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has decided not to run for governor of New York next year after months of mulling a candidacy, according to people who have been told of the decision....
It was not clear what prompted the decision, but the prospect of potentially ...
Law
Rudy Giuliani
Rasmussen (11/17, likely voters, 9/24 in parentheses):
Jerry Brown (D) : 41 (44)
Meg Whitman (R) : 41 (35)
Some other : 3 (3)
Not sure : 14 (18)
Jerry Brown (D) : 42 (44)
Tom Campbell (R) : 33 (34)
Some other : 6 (6)
Not sure : 19 (16)
Jerry Brown (R) : 43 (45)
Steve Poizner (R) : 32 ...
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Sherrod Brown
Barack Obama
? CT-Sen : Linda McMahon has picked up a major critic in her Senate run: one of her former employees, in the form of 66-year-old former pro wrestler Superstar Billy Graham. Graham is a physical wreck from his days in the WWF, thanks to steroid abuse and a number of hip replacements, with no ...
Congress
PPP (pdf) (11/13-15, registered voters, 1/10-11 in parentheses):
Robin Carnahan (D) : 43 (45)
Roy Blunt (R) : 42 (44)
Undecided : 15 (9)
Robin Carnahan (D) : 42
Chuck Purgason (R) : 35
Undecided : 23
Roy Blunt (R) : 53
Chuck Purgason (R) : 16
Undecided : 31
(MoE: ?3.6%)
In a sign ...
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Robin Carnahan
Roy Blunt
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Suffolk University (pdf) (11/4-8, likely voters, 9/12-15 in
parentheses): Deval Patrick (D-inc) : 38 (36) Christy Mihos
(R) : 20 (17) Tim Cahill (I) : 26 (24) Deval Patrick (D-inc) : 36 (36) Charlie Baker (R) : 15 (14) Tim Cahill (I) : 26 ...
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MA-Gov: Patrick Looks Better, Thanks to Cahill
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? AR-Sen : PPP's Tom Jensen has some
interesting crosstabs from their AR-02 poll, which shed some
light on Blanche Lincoln's unique set of problems. Lincoln generates only lukewarm enthusiasm from her base: Barack Obama gets a 78% approval among Dems ...
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SSP Daily Digest: 11/17
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Susquehanna Polling and Research (R) (11/10-15, registered voters,
4/27-30 in parentheses): Beau Biden (D) : 45 (34)
Mike Castle (R) : 40 (55) Undecided : 8 (8) (MoE: ??%) Mike Castle may be rasping to himself, Lloyd Bridges-style, "Looks like ...
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DE-Sen: Biden Up 5 On Castle
? IA-Sen/Gov : The newest Des Moines Register poll by Selzer & Co. has some appalling numbers for Democrats. In the Senate race, Chuck Grassley leads Democratic challenger Roxanne Conlin 57-30. And in the gubernatorial race, incumbent Dem Chet Culver trails Republican ex-Gov. Terry Branstad by ...
Congress
Public Policy Polling (pdf) (11/11-13, registered voters):
Vic Snyder (D-inc) : 44
Tim Griffin (R) : 43
Undecided : 13
Vic Snyder (D-inc) : 45
David Meeks (R) : 42
Undecided : 13
Vic Snyder (D-inc) : 44
Scott Wallace (R) : 42
Undecided : 13
(MoE: ?4.9%)
When the NRCC got former US ...
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Vic Snyder
It's been over two months since we last took stock of the open seat situation in the House, so, once again, our crack team of open seat forensic analysts down at SSP Labs have put together a new edition of the 2010 House Open Seat Watch.
As always, we've compiled three separate lists: one of ...
Congress
From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel :
Mayor Tom Barrett will announce this weekend that he is running for governor, the Journal Sentinel has learned.
"You would not be inaccurate to write that," a top adviser to the two-term mayor said today.
A second Milwaukee Democrat who has firsthand ...
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Politico :
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) will announce she is delaying her resignation from the Senate so that she can continue to represent Texas in the Senate while pursuing the Republican nomination for governor in the Lone Star state. [...]
The decision also gives Hutchison an ...
Congress
Kay Bailey Hutchison
How about something a little bit different this week: In the comments, tell us about your favorite electoral race(s) of all time.
I have a lot of personal favorites myself, but at or near the top of the list was 2008's gong show in NY-13 , a sordid story of which you are all familiar. Every ...
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? FL-Sen : Here's a big score for Marco Rubio, who's quickly cementing himself as darling for the conservative movement. He got the keynote address at CPAC's 2010 gathering, the conservative movement's version of Lollapalooza. Charlie Crist 's response? Re-flip-flop on the stimulus! Today he ...
