Believe it or not the political climate in Kansas is such that the democratic challenger is beating a 6 term incumbent.
Yes that's right folks Nancy Boyda - is beating republican SUV Driving Runner Jim Ryun.
Boyda did a news conference today announcing her poll
"Ladies and gentlemen, the race is on," Boyda said at a news conference. "David is beating Goliath. Grassroots democracy is beating big money."
Ryun is running an ad right now that advocates his energy policy and blames liberal environmental groups for the holding up policy in Washington. View Ryun's Ad over here.
But while Ryun is catering to his middle base Boyda is running right over him appealing to Kansans:
The poll showed 42.5 percent favored Boyda; 41.2 percent favored Ryun and 16.2 percent were undecided. The poll's margin of error was plus or minus 4.6 percent.
The poll was conducted Monday and surveyed 456 likely voters that were randomly selected from a voter registration file list from the 2nd congressional district. Poll officials said the sample represented the political makeup of the district.
Boyda knows that Kansas needs a change and that Ryun is an extremist who is not representative of the district. While he is a nice man he just doesn't represent the majority of the Kansas 2nd.
Boyda said it has always been her strategy to run independent of the national party.
"When I go to Congress, I want to represent the people of Kansas, not the Washington Beltway crowd," she said.
Interestingly enough a representative from the Ryun campaign joined in the fun mocking Boyda's numbers and saying she was making desperate attempts at a losing campaign.
"If any legitimate, scientific polling firm found these results, the national Democrats would not have written off this race as reported by the Kansas City Star on Sept. 14," he said.
State Sen. Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka, said the polling company Infomark Research has a reputation for accuracy, and cited several instances of how it predicted winners in close races.
Thing is - if SHE is the one making desperate attempts - why is Ryun talking about saving gas and our environment on TV while he has an F from every environmental group in the US???
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