2014 A.D. — Alexander the Barely Mediocre
Posted on 07/14/2014 3:23:02 PM PDT by don-o
Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham endorsed Joe Carr, the Republican Senate challenger to Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), as a new poll shows that he is gaining significant support in his campaign.
A new poll conducted by Triton Polling, shows that Carr has jumped sixteen points in his race against Alexander in Tennessee since May. Alexander now leads Carr 43-36 percent.
The results show that 6.7 percent of voters chose long shot candidate George Flinn, four percent chose another candidate and 10.1 percent were not sure.
In May the same poll showed Alexander leading by 44-20.
The new results show that Carr has coalesced opposition to Alexander, although the incumbent senator retains a similar margin of support.
Alexander earns a 50.5 percent job approval rating in the poll including Tennessee 23 percent of polled voters who say they strongly approve. That’s down from 59 percent in the May poll, as Carr has raised questions about his record on immigration reform.
Both polls were sponsored by Tea Party Nation, an organization supporting Carr’s candidacy.
"Lamar Alexander is the poster child for what is wrong with Washington Republicans,” said Judson Phillips, Tea Party Nation president. “In Tennessee, he is known as ‘liberal Lamar.’ He is the most liberal Republican senator running for reelection and he is the senator every Tea Party and conservative group should have targeted. There is still time for conservatives to defeat another liberal Republican.”
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George Flinn is on the ballot for every election I can remember
No one has polled either my husband or myself. We are both voting for Carr.
Could there be a surprise in the works? ((Remembering what happened to Cantor...)
After Mississippi I can’t the establishment allowing anyone to get close again
I’m not sure the establishment is paying too much attention to this one.
Anyone know how Huckabee defines “conservative?” People here who ignorantly thought Huckabee was conservative are astounded that he is backing Lamar.
Good thing Ann Coulter didn’t back him. He’d be in the DNC by now.
LAMAR ALEXANDER????????????? IS HE STILL ALIVE????????????
AND IN THE SENATE????????????????????
wtf...................
Hope so.
Tennessee is an odd name; they should rename it Lamarland. Lamar! mean everything to the Volunteers.
Alexander now leads Carr 43-36 percent
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and the primary starts in 4 days on Friday...July 18-Aug 2
Carr has to do good in the Early Voting or hes toast...
we usually have too many voting then for it not to matter...
If I knew of a Knoxville area campaign office I would gladly stop in, grab a sign, and make a donation.
Well, well...... some good news
I have seen one Carr sign here in J City. I have had my “Beat Lamar” sign out since December on a busy street.
I have not seen many Lamar! signs either.
Joe is badly underfunded, which may explain the lack. I wonder how many Dave Brat signs there were.
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