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New NRSC poll gives her a 5-point lead: John McLaughlin of McLaughlin & Associates conducted a three-day roll of 500 likely Alaska voters (MOE: +/- 4.5%) on Thursday and Friday, October 28th & 29th, and Sunday, October 31st, for the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). The key findings are as follows: 1. The U.S. Senate head-to-head shows Senator Lisa Murkowski opening up a five-point lead over former Governor Tony Knowles: “If the election for U.S. Senate in Alaska were held today, and the candidates were Tony Knowles, the Democrat candidate, and Lisa Murkowski, the Republican candidate, for whom would you...

Poll shows Murkowski's positives ratings climbing and negatives falling, but has Knowles clinging to a 46.9% to 45.3% lead.

Vitter leads Senate candidates in campaign fund-raising The Associated Press U.S. Rep. David Vitter, the lone Republican in Louisiana's U.S. Senate race, has surged well ahead of his two major Democratic opponents in fund-raising, according to finance reports. Vitter's campaign said Monday that he had raised $1.75 million in the third quarter -- the period covering July 18 to Sept. 30 -- and had $3.25 million in the bank as the Nov. 2 primary campaign moves into the final stretch. He has raised $6.1 million for the entire election, which is expected to go to a Dec. 4 runoff. His...

Article Published: Thursday, July 29, 2004 Miller confident of Fairbanks' support By TOM MORAN, Staff Writer U.S. Senate candidate Mike Miller of North Pole has declared Fairbanks firmly in his hands for the August Republican primary and said he will spend much of the final month before the contest campaigning in the rest of the state. "Fairbanks is not necessarily a problem for us," Miller said Wednesday. "I definitely expect to win Fairbanks." That's not an opinion shared by Murkowski campaign spokesperson Kristin Pugh, who expects Murkowski to win in every region of the state, including Fairbanks. But Murkowski herself...

Despite Democratic claims of solid unity among members, some top candidates for office either showed up and quickly fled the national convention in Boston, or shunned it entirely. Most of the no-shows came from the South, or other conservative red state areas, and are seeking to distance themselves from the liberal Kerry-Edwards ticket. According to the Los Angeles Times, some of the party's most promising U.S. Senate candidates in the South opted to stay home and campaign in an effort to avoid being connected to their party's far-left nominees. Wrote the Times, "Many have staked out positions on such issues...

Senate Hopefuls Are Convention No-Shows Some Fear Being Tied to Democratic Ticket By Charles Babington Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, July 26, 2004; Page A01 BOSTON, July 25 -- Boston is the place for Democrats this week, but some will be conspicuous by their absence Thursday night, when John F. Kerry accepts the presidential nomination. The top Democratic candidates from seven of the eight most competitive Senate races will be back home, as will dozens of House candidates. Publicly, these candidates say they need to spend every possible minute campaigning at home. Privately, some acknowledge they do not want to...

Seven conservative groups have endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Mike Miller, his campaign announced Wednesday. Miller, a former state senator from North Pole, bills himself as the conservative alternative to Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who he is challenging for the Republican nomination in the Aug. 24 primary election. According to a news release from the Miller campaign, the endorsing groups will provide money and momentum to his campaign. They are: * The Concerned Women PAC, a political action committee supporting candidates "who embrace parental rights and defend the institution of marriage," Miller's campaign said. The PAC's founder is Beverly LaHaye, who also...