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GOP Hopes to Swallow Matheson With Ad Push Wednesday, October 30, 2002 BY DAN HARRIE THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE National Republicans finally have plunged into Utah's 2nd Congressional District race, suddenly pouring in an estimated $250,000 in advertising and releasing a poll showing GOP challenger John Swallow neck-and-neck with Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson. Matheson has only a "hair-splitting lead" of 44 percent to 43 percent, according to the poll commissioned by the National Republican Congressional Committee and released Tuesday. The survey of 300 likely voters, conducted last week by the Tarrance Group, had a margin of error of plus or...

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Democrats Look For Upset in 1st New independent polling in Utah's Congressional races had good news for Democrats, as it showed Rep. Jim Matheson (D) with a commanding lead in the 2nd district and advertising executive Dave Thomas (D) within striking distance in the Republican-leaning 1st district. The statewide poll, conducted by Salt Lake City-based Valley Research Inc. for the Salt Lake Tribune, tested each of the state's three House races. In the 2nd district, which was made more Republican in the redistricting process, Matheson led state Rep. John Swallow (R) 49 percent to 20 percent. After respondents were told...

GOP claims big lead in 2 House races But Matheson holds an edge in his district By Bob Bernick Jr. Deseret News political editor GOP candidates in the 1st and 3rd congressional districts hold healthy leads over their Democratic opponents, while freshman Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, keeps his lead over Republican John Swallow in the 2nd District, a new Deseret News/KSL-TV poll shows. The 2nd District — moved out into eastern and southern Utah by the Republican-controlled Legislature last year —is seen as one of the national battlegrounds for control of the 435-member House. Already, Swallow, a Utah House member,...