Aug 5 2010

Richard Burr’s Negative Marks from Voters Hurt Him in N.C. Senate Poll

First-term GOP Sen. Richard Burr holds a statistically-insignificant lead over Democrat Elaine Marshall in North Carolina’s Senate race, an outcome that probably has more to do with Burr’s high negatives among voters than progress by Marshall, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted July 27-31. Burr is ahead of Marshall, the secretary of state, [...]