Sep 9 2010

Rand Paul Widens Lead over Jack Conway in Kentucky Senate Race

There has been much written about whether the fervor that the Tea Party movement has brought to this year’s campaign will help or hurt Republicans, especially as Democrats try to zero in on candidates whose positions they depict as out of the mainstream. But so far, that kind of anti-GOP strategy hasn’t hurt Kentucky’s Rand [...]


Sep 8 2010

Poll Finds Tight Races in California and Florida, and a Surprise in Kentucky

A new poll of key midterm election states shows tight contests for governor and Senate in California and Florida, as do other recent polls. But, unlike other surveys that have put Rand Paul ahead by double-digits in the Kentucky Senate race, this one finds him tied with Democrat Jack Conway. Paul, who rode the Tea [...]


Sep 5 2010

Rand Paul Pulling Far Ahead of Jack Conway in Kentucky Senate Race

Republican nominee and Tea Party favorite Rand Paul has opened a 15-point lead over Democrat Jack Conway in Kentucky’s Senate race, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted Aug. 30-Sept. 1 for The Louisville Courier-Journal and WHAS11. Paul leads Conway, the state’s attorney general, by 55 percent to 40 percent, with 5 percent undecided. Paul is [...]


Jul 8 2010

Mitch McConnell Gets Negative Marks with Voters Back Home in Kentucky

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell should take comfort in the fact that he is not up for a sixth term until 2014 because a plurality of Kentucky’s voters disapprove of the job he is doing in representing the state and his role as GOP leader, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted June 28-30. [...]