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Democrat up double digits in race for Castle's seat
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Dec 08, 2009 04:05am |
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| Category | Poll |
| Author | Aaron Blake |
| News Date | Monday, December 7, 2009 10:05:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Whatever Democrats might have lost by Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) running for Senate, they have at least gained a prime pickup opportunity for his House seat.
A new Public Policy Polling survey shows former Lt. Gov. John Carney (D) polling double-digit leads over a pair of Republicans in the open-seat race to replace Castle. Carney, the runner-up in the 2008 Democratic primary for governor, leads former state Sen. Charlie Copeland (R) 44-32 and announced candidate Fred Cullis 47-24.
The polling is a bit of good news for Democrats, who have in recent weeks seen a number of their incumbents struggling in early polls of the 2010 election.
Part of Carney’s lead in the Democratic-leaning firm’s poll could be chalked up to his name recognition advantage. While slightly less than half (46 percent) of voters can rate his favorability, just 34 percent know Copeland well enough to do that. |
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