Posted on 01/16/2010 12:52:49 PM PST by Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
FDL/SurveyUSA, 1/12-1/14, 600 likely voters, Margin of Sampling error ± 4.1%
If there were an election for US House of Representatives today, and the only two candidates on the ballot were Democrat Steve Driehaus and Republican Steve Chabot, who would you vote for?
Steve Driehaus (D) 39% Steve Chabot (R ) 56% Undecided 5%
A new SurveyUSA poll sponsored by Firedoglake shows incumbent Democrat Steve Driehaus substantially behind former Republican Congressman Steve Chabot in Ohio’s 1st congressional district. If the election were held today, Chabot would beat Driehaus in a head-to-head match up, 56% to 39%.
The 2010 election will be a rematch of the last cycle. In 2008, Driehaus managed to unseat Chabot, who had represented the 1st district for over a decade, by 52.5% to 47.5%. Given Chabot’s long political history in the district it should be safe to assume that both candidates have high name recognition. The race is currently rated a toss up by the Cook Political Report.
(Excerpt) Read more at elections.firedoglake.com ...
Downtown Cincinnati and surrounding areas like Price Hill and Westwood give this district a high percentage of African-Americans and make it a competitive district. The outer suburbs like Delhi, Green Township, and Colerain Township are reliably conservative and almost all of the state reps from those areas are Republicans. Without Obama to drive up minority turnout, Driehaus is in trouble. Those are the votes that put him over the top in 2008.
Hope Dick Stobbs $hitcans Charlie (common sense? LOL!) Wilson.
Damn that a wide margin. Chabot was well liked I believe, it was indeed pure coattails that defeated him.
Supremedoctrine your nephew Greg got it handed to him by Chabot both times. Kerry lost the seat by only 1 point while Chabot won by almost 20.
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=585
Well, lookie here. Driehaus is now insisting on the Stupak language. No coincidence, right?
http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/2010/01/17/driehaus-insists-on-stupak-language/
“Democratic Rep. Steve Driehaus said he will oppose any version of health care reform legislation that doesn’t clearly prohibit federal funds from being used to pay for abortions.”
Translation: HELP!
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