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All eyes are on Florida where suspected shenanigans are afoot as Democrat county officials are “discovering” new ballots that could change the outcome of both the U.S. Senate and governors race. Now, a clear violation of ballot transportation protocol has purportedly been caught on camera. Video discovered alleging ballot fraud https://thepoliticalinsider.com/florida-ballots-brenda-snipes/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=criticalimpact&utm_campaign=TPI_Morning_Newsletter_11_9_2018&utm_content=8d758c1a12ad9c5ea6473c7b9fa19141&source=CI

CAYCE -- On a recent Thursday evening, the South Carolina Democrat sharing the top of state ballots with Barack Obama strode through a restaurant parking lot where the bumper stickers featured the presidential candidacies of Ron Paul, Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin. Inside the family eatery just outside Columbia, a mix of independents, Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians and Constitution Party members waited. A smattering of members of Southern heritage groups were in attendance. Copies of "Free the South: A Blueprint for Peaceful and Legal Secession," rested on a couple of tables. In a year when South Carolina voter registration shot up...

It appears the ethics investigation targeting New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez is hurting his chances to return to Washington. A new WNBC/Marist poll released on Friday shows that, if this were Election Day, Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. would defeat Menendez 42 percent to 37 percent. This is a big change from two polls taken earlier this week, where likely voters were polled, and Menendez was slightly ahead. More than half of those polled in this survey were aware of Menendez's recent troubles. The federal government is investigating his leasing of a building he owned to a non-profit agency who also...

  Connecticut US Senate If the general election for US Senate were being held today between Ralph Ferrucci, of the Green party, Timothy Knibbs, of the Concerned Citizens party, Ned Lamont, the Democrat, Joe Lieberman, of the Connecticut for Lieberman party, and Alan Schlesinger, the Republican, for whom would you vote? (names rotated) 9/19/06 Lamont Lieberman Others Undecided Likely voters 45% 47% 3% 5% Republicans (26%) 15% 66% 8% 11% Democrats (39%) 62% 36% 0% 2% Unaffiliated (35%) 47% 45% 3% 5% 8/21/06 42% 44% 3% 11% Based on 600 completed telephone interviews among a random sample of likely...

Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #10280Geography Surveyed: Arizona Data Collected: 09/16/2006 - 09/18/2006 Release Date: 09/19/2006 1:50 PM ET Sponsor: KPNX-TV Phoenix Democrat Napolitano Well Positioned for Re-Election as AZ Governor: In an election for Governor of Arizona today, 9/19/06, incumbent Democrat Janet Napolitano defeats Republican challenger Len Munsil, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for KPNX-TV Phoenix. Today, 7 weeks to the 11/7/06 election, Napolitano leads by 16 points, 56% to 40%. Napolitano is up by 27 points among women and by 5 points among men. 91% of Democrats and 70% of Independents support Napolitano....

This poll is still on Rasmussen's premium section, but got leaked onto the blogosphere. Topline numbers: Lieberman (I-Inc.) 45% Lamont (D) 43% Schlesinger (R) 5% 550 Likely Connecticut Voters +/- 4.5% MOE

Stabenow (D-incumbent) 54% Bouchard (R) 41% Sole (G) 2% FitzSimons (UST) 1% Undecided 1% 749 Likely Michigan Voters +/- 3.6% MOE

These numbers are still on Rasmussen premium, but this website leaked them. Sherrod Brown (D) 47% Mike DeWine (R) 41% MOE +/- 4.5% 500 Likely Voters

Geography Surveyed: Missouri Data Collected: 09/11/2006 - 09/13/2006 Release Date: 09/14/2006 11:30 AM ET Sponsors: KCTV-TV Kansas City, KSDK-TV St. Louis Talent, McCaskill Still Tied in U.S. Senate Race: In an election for United States Senator from Missouri today, 9/14/06, Republican Senator Jim Talent and Democratic challenger Claire McCaskill remain tied, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for KSDK-TV St. Louis and KCTV-TV Kansas City. McCaskill gets 48% of the vote, up 1 point from an identical SurveyUSA poll 1 month ago. Talent gets 47%, also up 1 point. McCaskill's 1-point advantage is within the poll's 4.6 percentage point...

This poll is still on Rasmussen premium, but RCP leaked the numbers. Tester (D) .... 52 percent Burns (R) ..... 43 percent Undecided ..... 5 percent 500 Likely Voters, finished on September 12th, 2006.

Specter Says He’ll Probably Run in 2010 By Chris Forshey Jul 7, 2006, 13:32 Senator Arlen Specter (R) Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter says he’s not ruling out making a run for re-election in 2010. Appearing this morning on WRTA’s Two-Way Radio program with Jason High, Specter said if his health holds up, he’ll probably go for it. Specter, Pennsylvania's senior U.S. Senator, was first elected to the Senate in 1980 and is currently serving his fifth term. He is currently in remission after a recent battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and has been symptom free. Specter says he’s one step...

Florida Poll Below are the poll results based on telephone interviews with 1200 likely voters in Florida, aged 18+, and conducted May 19-21, 2006. The margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points. 1. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's overall job performance? Approve 33% Disapprove 58% Undecided 9% 2. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's handling of the economy? Approve 30% Disapprove 60% Undecided 10% 3. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's handling of Iraq? Approve 35% Disapprove 55% Undecided 10% 4. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's handling of...

Hillary Clinton clears way for presidential run By Francis Harris in Washington (Filed: 01/06/2005) Senator Hillary Clinton has decided to remove a key obstacle to a run at the presidency, further fuelling fevered speculation about her hopes for America’s top job. Mrs Clinton is understood to be ready to drop a pledge to serve a full six-year term when she seeks re-election as senator for New York next year. This will be the clearest sign of her intention to run for the White House, since she pointedly told New York voters in 2000 that she would not curtail her term...

WASHINGTON - Sen. Arlen Specter, bracing for a bruising Republican primary next spring, is approaching the $10 million mark in fund-raising for his reelection effort, according to campaign documents released yesterday. The tally comes as Specter spent hundreds of thousands of dollars over the last three months on radio and TV advertisements that largely target his GOP challenger, Rep. Pat Toomey. Specter, who is seeking a fifth term as U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, has $9.3 million on hand, according to Federal Election Commission documents released by his campaign. Overall, Specter raised $1.35 million between July 1 and Sept. 30, the...

<p>WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Mary Bono, R-Calif., announced Tuesday she will not try to take on two-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer in 2004.</p> <p>Bono, who followed her late husband Sonny Bono into Congress in the special election following his death, said that her rising seniority and the rigors of raising the funds for an effective campaign weighed against a senate bid.</p>

California’s recall contest has stirred the political junkie within me. Even though next year’s election is still thirteen months away, already I feel the need to offer my predictions. You’d think I would exercise more self-control. Then again, maybe not. For what they’re worth (and a year ahead of time, they’re probably not worth very much), here are my thoughts on the 2004 Senate match-ups. (NOTE: After each state is a running total in italics.) ALABAMA -- Richard Shelby’s 1994 switch to the GOP played well in this Republican-leaning state. Add in the fact that he’s won his last two...

People like to say that political campaigns don't begin until after Labor Day. Well, didn't we just have one? Granted, there's still one more to go before next year's Senate elections, but who's counting? Here's the latest on the 2004 races, updated from my report in July. The major development since then has been the GOP's failure to recruit its best candidates for races in Arkansas and Nevada — states where Republicans might have had a good chance at victory, but now probably don't have much chance at all. This has lifted Democratic morale significantly and may even affect the...

So far, the important numbers of this year's Senate cycle are "4" and "7." There are now four open seats, and races in seven states are currently on the board as top-tier contests. The three open Democratic Senate seats, all of them in the South, clearly are prime opportunities for Republican takeovers. While Democrats may well field a credible candidate in South Carolina – either state Superintendent of Public Instruction Inez Tenenbaum or Columbia Mayor Bob Coble – the state's partisan bent, especially in a presidential year, gives the eventual GOP nominee the advantage. In Georgia, Democrats may turn their...

Party primary challenge tests Democrats' strength BY SCHUYLER KROPF Of The Post and Courier Staff Two weeks into his new job, S.C. Democratic Party Chairman Joe Erwin sees a mix of dark clouds and silver linings. The clouds include the anticipated cost of more than $2 million to conduct a February presidential primary, and the strong possibility that incumbent U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings may not run again. The silver lining is that Democrats can save money by using paper ballots in the party primary and then draft 4,000 unpaid volunteers to run it. In that case, the cost might drop...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sens. John Edwards and Bob Graham may be busy running for president, but their fellow Democrats back home are in limbo as they anxiously await word on the pair's Senate re-election plans for next year. Edwards, a freshman from North Carolina, and Graham, a three-term veteran from Florida, have left open the option of running for the Senate again next year if their presidential campaigns do not take off. The uncertainty has left the Senate races in both states in suspended animation and complicated Democratic hopes of recapturing a Senate majority next year. "It has put everybody...