Sep 15 2010

GOP’s Richard Burr Takes Big Lead Over Elaine Marshall in N.C. Senate Race

North Carolina GOP Sen. Richard Burr, despite past polls that have shown him with sagging job approval numbers, is leading Democrat Elaine Marshall by 58 percent to 34 percent among likely voters, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted Sept. 10-13 for WRAL-TV in Raleigh. Six percent support Libertarian Michael Beitler and 2 percent are undecided. [...]


Sep 11 2010

Richard Blumenthal Maintains Lead Over Linda McMahon in Conn. Senate Race

In the latest pulse-taking on Connecticut’s Senate race, Democrat Richard Blumenthal is maintaining his lead over Republican Linda McMahon as the election season gets underway in earnest, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Sept. 9. Blumenthal, the state’s attorney general, leads McMahon, former head of World Wrestling Entertainment, by 53 percent to 44 percent [...]


Sep 8 2010

Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago Will Not Run Again

CHICAGO — Mayor Richard Daley on Tuesday announced that he would not seek another term when he is up for re-election next year. Daley, 68, first elected mayor in 1989, had been expected to hold off on deciding whether to run again until after the November elections. In City Hall, the bombshell came in a [...]


Sep 8 2010

Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago Will Not Run Again

CHICAGO — Mayor Richard Daley on Tuesday announced that he would not seek another term when he is up for re-election next year. Daley, 68, first elected mayor in 1989, had been expected to hold off on deciding whether to run again until after the November elections. In City Hall, the bombshell came in a [...]


Sep 1 2010

GOP’s Richard Burr Has Modest Lead Over Elaine Marshall in N.C. Senate Race

Republican Sen. Richard Burr leads Democratic challenger Elaine Marshall by 43 percent to 38 percent, with 6 percent for Libertarian Michael Beitler and 13 percent undecided, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Aug. 27-29. The margin of error is 3.6 points. That’s a slightly bigger lead than PPP’s early August poll that had [...]


Aug 12 2010

The Steel Cage Match of Linda McMahon and Richard Blumenthal, Round 2

I suspect the campaign staff of Richard Blumenthal, running to replace reluctantly retiring Christopher Dodd as U.S. senator from Connecticut, has already studied every frame of available video featuring Linda McMahon, who will be his opponent in this fall’s election. McMahon is a political novice but is also the matriarch of the family that owns [...]