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NJ-GOVERNOR--New numbers out on this year's New Jersey's Governors race. Rasmussen polled the state, and found that Republican U.S. Attorney Chris Christie holds a nine-point edge over Democratic Governor Jon Corzine. In the survey (conducted on Tuesday), Christie holds a 47-38 lead over Corzine. Bogota mayor Steve Lonegan, considered a much more conservative option than Christie, has a one-point lead over Corzine (42-41). These numbers are actually a sign of life for Corzine, who led both men by considerably larger margins a few months back.
Democrats are probably secretly hoping for a Lonegan upset, and there is at least a little evidence that they may still get it. Rasmussen also polled the primary, and found Christie with just a ten-point lead over Lonegan (39-29). Furthermore, as Rasmussen states in his analysis:
In primary elections, turnout is often the key. Lonegan’s supporters are somewhat more committed to participating in the primary suggesting that a low turnout could favor his prospects.
NH-SENATE--A poll released this week by Dartmouth shows that Democrats have a statistically insignificant lead in the battle to replace outgoing Republican Senator Judd Gregg. Dartmouth gives Democratic congressman Paul Hodes a three-point lead (38-35) over former GOP Senator John Sununu, and a one-point edge (31-30) over former GOP congressman Charlie Bass (who Hodes defeated for his seat in 2006). Interesting note--Bass, whose political career was in only half of the state, keeps Hodes a couple of points closer than does the almost-certainly more well known John Sununu.
In other polling data from Dartmouth, it would appear that John Lynch is, once again, bulletproof. His approval in the poll was 54%, with only 9% disapproving.
Those looking for liberal bias in this poll might find it wanting: Dartmouth claims that there are more Republicans in the state (31.5%) than Democrats (27.8%). Possible, but the 2008 exit poll actually gave Democrats a two-point lead (29-27) on the question. Independents are the runaway leaders in the state in both polls, which is likely true in "real life" as well.
NEW YORK--Actually, a trio of Empire State polls to peruse this evening. On the issue of
same-sex marriage, Quinnipiac polls and finds the state evenly divided (46-46) on whether or not same-sex marriage should be sanctioned in New York.
On the gubernatorial race, Quinnipiac shows something we already knew (Paterson is galactically unpopular, and Cuomo would throttle him in a Democratic primary), and something we did not know (Rudy Giuliani may well be resurrecting himself politically: his fav/unfav is a respectable 56/32, and what was once a double digit lead is down to just six points).
Finally, another collegiate pollster (Marist) looks at the New York Mayors Race. In the Democratic primary, congressman Anthony Weiner has a narrow lead of five points over city controller Bill Thompson. Weiner also does the best against GOP incumbent Michael Bloomberg. The bad news: that is still a 14-point deficit (50-36). However, there may be room there for Weiner or Thompson: on the more generic re-elect question, Bloomberg splits almost evenly, with 47% committing to re-elect and 48% saying that it is time to turn to another face.