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Washington, DC, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- A poll of likely Oklahoma voters released Thursday says Republican Tom Coburn is ahead by 5 points over Democrat Brad Carson in the race for U.S. Senate.

Poll shows Bunning lead at 51% to 40%

Following two debates, Coburn polls 39.8% to Carson's 39.2%, with 21% undecided.

<p>Jim DeMint in South Carolina is our second most important Senate candidate recommendation (Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is #1), and it is a critically important race we simply can not lose. We did a poll last week that showed him ahead by 12 points, but other polls show the lead in the single digits. His opponent touts a Democratic poll showing her narrowly ahead.</p>

Poll shows Murkowski with high negative ratings.

U.S. Senate candidates Erskine Bowles and Richard Burr are in a full court press. Two months ago, a WRAL News poll gave Bowles a commanding 10 point lead. After the latest poll, new numbers show only one point separates the two candidates with 11 percent undecided.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- U.S. Senate candidates Erskine Bowles and Richard Burr battled Monday night over trade and health care, accusing each other of harming North Carolina workers and seniors. Each of the candidates, participating in a broadcast debate at the University of North Carolina television studios, charged the other with failing to represent the state's citizens. On the issue of trade, the Bowles accused Burr of continuing to support expanded free trade. Bowles, who helped advance free trade deals while in the Clinton administration and later as White House chief of staff, said he won't support additional treaties...

Everybody's been asking for the after action report! Here is the old thread in which I announced the event. Dr. Tom Coburn and myself. Here is the table I sat at. 70 people came on a bus from Texas, and we sat with them. This picture is of Mr. Vice President Cheney while he spoke. Carrie and Dan talking. We got there around 3 o clock. Went through security around 4. Once you got through security you sat in the lobby until they opened up the reception area. In the lobby there were big glass doors and we watched the...

Latest poll shows Castor with 43%, Martinez with 42%

(SUSA) Bush 64 Kerry 33 Coburn 45 Carson 45 Bilyeu 6 Several interesting numbers in the internals. First, the African-American vote which seems to be going for the President in KWTV polls was firmly behind the Massachusetts sentaor. Nevertheless, the 61%-28% tilt towards Kerry is still a significant improvement for the Presdient amongst African-Americans. Second, pro-choice Brad Carson is picking up 32% of the pro-life vote while Coburn takes 61%. In a race this close, the Coburn campaign needs to publicize the fact that there is a clear choice based on abortion in this race. As an avid follower of...

RALEIGH - A new poll shows the race for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina tightening, with Republican Richard Burr closing to within 3 percentage points of Democrat Erskine Bowles. In other polls so far, Bowles - who ran for the Senate two years ago against Republican Elizabeth Dole - has led by 8 to 10 percentage points. But the poll for N.C. FREE, a trade group in Raleigh that tracks state elections, found Bowles with support from 44 percent, Burr with 41 percent and 12 percent undecided, according to N.C. FREE members who have seen it. The statewide poll...

As the Aug. 31 primary approaches, candidates will jostle for undecided voters in television ads. TALLAHASSEE - As the Republican U.S. Senate candidates prepare for their first statewide TV debate tonight, they are plotting a much bigger strategy: a barrage of TV ads aimed at deciding the outcome three weeks from today. "This is it, right here. The ballgame," says Richard Pinsky, an adviser to candidate Doug Gallagher. With polls showing more than a third of likely voters undecided, the outcome of the Aug. 31 primary could turn on which candidate is on TV the most with the most appealing...

Istook Endorses Coburn Humphreys Campaign Says Endorsement Not Surprising POSTED: 11:04 pm CDT July 20, 2004 UPDATED: 11:12 pm CDT July 20, 2004 OKLAHOMA CITY -- U.S. Rep. Ernest Istook, R-Okla., said Tuesday that he is endorsing former Congressman Tom Coburn in the GOP race for the U.S. Senate. Istook urged Oklahoma Republicans to avoid a runoff by uniting behind the Muskogee physician. The endorsement came just a week before the July 27 primary. Coburn, former Oklahoma City Mayor Kirk Humphreys and Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony are battling for the top spot on the Republican side. U.S. Rep. Brad Carson...

From the Los Angeles Times June 27, 2004 SAN FRANCISCO ? The trays inside the North Beach Art Gallery were arranged just so, an eye-pleasing array of cheeses and fruits and light salads surrounded by large paintings of green-and-purple landscapes ? some replacing nudes that had been stored away for the evening, one of the guests volunteered. But food and art weren't Friday evening's focal point. Money and politics were. "I thank you for your contribution tonight ? it means everything to me," incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) told a diverse crowd of more than 100 supporters at the happy-hour...

RALEIGH — Erskine Bowles, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 2002 and the likely one again in 2004, is no fool. As President Bill Clinton's chief of staff in the White House, Bowles was one of the few grown-ups picking up the beer cans and broken lamp shades after the adolescents occupying the place. Having proven himself on Wall Street and in the North Carolina business world, Bowles didn't need the Washington power trip the way others around him did. But in 2002, the level-headed Bowles got bad advice, tried to be something he was not, and got thoroughly...

Dear Supporters of Dr. Coburn for Senate, I am pleased to announce that the Coburn for Senate Committee has opened a Muskogee office today. The office is located at: 3300 W Okmulgee Muskogee, OK 74401 918-684-4308 phone 918-684-4309 fax A P.O. Box has also been established for donations. That is: Coburn for Senate P.O. Box 977 Muskogee, OK 74402 Oklahoma City and Tulsa offices will be opened within a couple of weeks. Standing with you for a better America David Chapuis www.draftcoburnforsenate.com

Mel Martinez is riding a wave of grassroots support. “It’s going great,” said the candidate – one of 18 people, nine of them Republicans – already in the running for the U.S. Senate seat being given up this year by Democrat Bob Graham. Though it’s early in the game, and Martinez is in the middle of a crowd of high rollers from both sides of the aisle, polls put him high on the list. A poll released by the St. Petersburg Times and Miami Herald put Martinez even with former Rep. Bill McCollum of Longwood, another GOP candidate for Graham’s...

A new poll shows Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Jack Ryan are ahead in their nomination battles for the U.S. Senate. The Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows former Democrat front-runner Blair Hull has seen support plummet. His campaign has been dogged by questions over a messy divorce. At the same time, attempts to raise questions of character against Ryan over his divorce from actress Jeri Ryan have been unsuccessful. The poll finds 32 percent of Republican voters polled favor Ryan in the primary. Eleven percent support dairy owner Jim Oberweis. Among Democrats, Obama had the support of 33 percent of the...

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jim DeMint said Tuesday changes in the tax code - not a moratorium on trade agreements - are the way to keep jobs and companies in the United States. DeMint said better trade agreements are needed, but the best way to continue to increase business is to knock down trade barriers so U.S. companies can sell freely to other countries. "Those who want to close our borders ... you need to know that that's going to kill your job," DeMint told a crowd of about 40 workers at Harsco Track Technologies, a...

<p>Oregon Republicans failed to enlist top-drawer candidates to run against U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden or three other Democrats seeking re-election to statewide offices.</p> <p>As the filing deadline passed Tuesday for Oregon’s May 18 primary, it appeared that the Republicans’ drought in winning statewide offices will continue.</p>