If Democrats want a shot at flipping the House, Michigan’s 8th District is the type of tough target they’ll need to flip. The district, which is based in the Lansing area, backed Romney 51-48, but well-funded freshman Republican Rep. Mike Bishop won easily here during the 2014 GOP wave. The DCCC hasn’t reserved any airtime here yet for Democrat Suzanna Shkreli, but that may be about to change.
The DCCC is out with an in-house poll showing Bishop leading 47-41, while Hillary Clinton takes the seat 44-37. The memo argues that in the congressional race, the undecideds back Clinton by 24 points, giving Shkreli some room to grow. The poll was taken Oct. 3, before the 2005 Donald Trump tape was released. The only other poll we’ve seen here was a mid-September Bishop poll that showed him up 53-34.
We’ll see if national Democrats are willing to spend what they need to spend to win here, but this poll is a good indication that the DCCC is serious. In recent weeks, the group released polls of California’s 49th District and Kansas’ 3rd District just before it began running commercials in both seats, so this is a good omen for Shkreli at least. Still, Bishop has the resources to defend himself, and he won’t be easy to beat.
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