Peters is the likely Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
Posted on 11/14/2013 2:47:34 PM PST by ClaytonP
Peters is the likely Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
Republicans don’t need to win Michigan to get the majority in the Senate, but the Wolverine State could become a serious takeover target later next year.
After more than three decades, Democratic Sen. Carl Levin announced that he would not seek re-election. Instead of competitive primaries filled with ambitious candidates, it looks like both parties have settled on their nominees for next fall. At this point, the general election looks like it will be between Democratic Rep. Gary Peters and Republican former Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land.
Early public polling shows a competitive race with both candidates lacking statewide name identification. A September EPIC-MRA poll showed Peters ahead, 38 percent to 37 percent. A mid-October automated survey from the Democratic Public Policy Polling firm had the congressman with a larger advantage, 43 percent to 36 percent. And a recent automated survey by the Revsix, a Republican firm, and Michigan Blueprint Strategies, a Democratic firm, for Inside Michigan Politics also had Peters leading a general election ballot test, 43 percent to 38 percent.
Democrats start the general election with the advantage. Republicans have only won one of the past dozen Senate races in Michigan, and that was in 1994. But 1994 was also the last time Michigan saw an open Senate seat.
Land should become a credible candidate who could take advantage of another favorable GOP environment, should one develop. But she is also running from a state office that hasn’t traditionally been a launching pad for the U.S. Senate.
Make no mistake, Peters has shown remarkable political agility and starts this race with the edge, but this open seat should no longer be considered safe. You can read a full analysis of the race in the recent November 7 edition ($) of The Rothenberg Political Report.
The Michigan Senate race is now rated Democrat Favored according to Rothenberg Political Report/Roll Call.
we need Pennsylvania. I think we can take it if we get out the vote to counter all the rats in Philly.
Finally, a chance to get someone to the right of Spencer Abraham.
Terri Land has an establishment past but has been doing the right thing by running with the tea party crowd and saying the right things like backing up Ted Cruz on defunding Obamacare.
If she doesn’t have statewide name recognition its because people are morons who didn’t know who the secretary of state was before Ruth Johnson.
At 79 isn’t it a bit early for Combover Carl to be packing it in? His older bro is still hard at it in the House.
There is not a Senate race in Pennsylvania next year.
Please support pro-life, pro-gun, ANTI-0BAMACARE, Constitutional Conservative Pat McGeehan for US Senate! He's a Tea Party type, so the GOPe can be relied upon to stab him in the back. Personal, individual support from real conservatives is essential!
I think Lenin saw the writing on the wall and knew a crapstorm was brewing over Obamacare.
Awwwwwww......
roflol!
How is that healthcare bill working out for you Democrats?!
And Capito is pro-abort, so the GOPe can be relied upon to go to the mat for her.
There is NO excuse for settling for a pro-abort in a state like WV! (But you can guarantee the GOPe will go all-out to attack any primary opponents to Capito).
Why would the GOPe want to do anything to curb the feral gummint just as it would appear all that power is about to fall in their lap? This is why they hate the TEA Party so much. Just as it is about to be “their turn” at the trough we want to take it away! It just ain’t fair. (/s)
They don’t seem to understand Lucy is setting the football up for them one more time. They are so damn dumb they don’t realize the only thing in the trough is debt.
North,
Have you seen any polling on McGeehan v. Capito?
Personally I think Rob Steele would be a better candidate.......maybe it’s the sexism I have in me but in this election, it’s going to be a real battle for Levin’s senate seat and I feel a smart alpha male will stand a better chance in winning than Terry Land.........
She has the same ID as this idiot, Peters.
Also, among those who know who she is, she is viewed reasonably favorably. No skeletons or fraud scandals.
Besides, Peters sucks as a campaigner. Lightweight. I rate this race as a more likely pickup than Iowa, where Democrats have a better candidate.
I’d like Steele too but he says he isn’t running.
Terri Lynn Land may be making a comeback from her disastrous, short-lived campaign for Governor in 2010. It helps that she has some name I.D. and personal wealth to draw upon, important assets in a state with a costly media market.
That's very unfortunate since we now have a chance to take over a senate seat held decades by a libtard. And it's going to take a heavyweight contender to do it......and I don't think Terry Land has the ability.
She can’t run a worse race than Pete Hoekstra did and the GOPe wanted Dave Camp but he said no thanks.
Actually I think my ideal would be Ruth Johnson but she’s right where she needs to be with her boot on the neck of democrat election officials.
Alright!
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