Posts Tagged ‘Lead’

Markey Expands Lead in Massachusetts

A new Public Policy Polling survey finds Rep. Ed Markey (D) is consolidating the Democratic base ahead of the June 25th special election for U.S. Senate. Tweet This Post

Christie Goes Negative Despite Huge Lead

“Sky-high approval ratings be damned — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is going on air next week with an ad that paints his Democratic rival Barbara Buono as a tax-hiker who is yoked to unpopular former governor Jon Corzine,” Politico reports. Tweet This Post

Markey Holds Wide Lead for Senate

A new Suffolk University poll in Massachusetts finds Rep. Edward Markey (D) leading Gabriel Gomez (R) by 17 points in the race for U.S. Senate, 52% to 35%. Tweet This Post

Cuccinelli Holds Slight Lead in Virginia

A new NBC News/Marist poll in Virginia finds Ken Cuccinelli (R) leading Terry McAuliffe (D) in the race for governor among likely voters, 45% to 42%. Tweet This Post

Sanford Grabs Lead in Special Election Race

A new Public Policy Polling survey in South Carolina’s 1st congressional district finds a race that’s too close to call, with Mark Sanford (R) edging Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D), 47% to 46%. Tweet This Post

Cuccinelli Grabs Early Lead in Virginia

A new Washington Post poll in Virginia finds Ken Cuccinelli (R) has an early lead over Terry McAuliffe (D) in their race for governor, 46% to 41% among all voters and 51% to 41% among those voters certain to cast a ballot. Tweet This Post

NRA’s next president to lead its court fights against gun control

By Andrea Lorenz HOUSTON (Reuters) – Alabama lawyer Jim Porter, in line to become the next president of the National Rifle Association, is expected to spearhead the group's court challenges of gun-control laws enacted in several states since the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting massacre. Porter, 64, the son of another Alabama lawyer who served as [...]

Markey Holds Single Digit Lead

An Emerson College Polling Institute survey in Massachusetts finds Rep. Ed Markey (D) with a six-point lead over Gabriel Gomez (R) in the special election race for U.S. Senate, 42% to 36%. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post

Democrats Lead in Generic Congressional Ballot

A new Quinnipiac poll finds American voters, by a slim margin, say they are more likely to vote Democratic than Republican for Congress in 2014 — 41% to 37% — “which would violate the historical model of the president’s party losing ground in the sixth year of a presidency.” Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This [...]