Posted on 05/01/2014 5:35:18 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel has surged into a virtual tie for first in the GOP Senate primary a month after receiving the endorsement of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who seems to have helped her gain support from suburban women.
According to the Augusta Chronicle, a new Insider Advantage poll shows establishment candidate David Perdue with 22%; Handel with 21%; Rep. Jack Kingston with 17%; Rep. Paul Broun with 14%; Rep. Phil Gingrey with 12%; and 11% are undecided before the May 20 primary. The poll was conducted April 27-29, and the margin of error is +/- 3.5 percentage points.
Insider Advantage's Matt Towery said “Kingston has been losing metro-Atlanta female support with his ‘folksy’ TV ads for weeks" and Handel has been "picking up significant female support and is starting to leave both David Perdue and Jack Kingston substantially behind with women."
He also said the "other candidates show little if any movement" and "if Handel were to spend any degree of significant money on broadcast TV ads in the final two weeks, her momentum could take her to first place, leaving Perdue and Kingston battling for a spot in the runoff."
Perdue has been under fire after he mocked Handel and said she was not qualified to serve in Congress because she lacked a college degree, even though only 27.8 percent of Georgians over 25 have college degrees. The vast majority of Georgians, including Georgia's Lieutenant Governor and Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, have just high school diplomas like Handel. Perdue apologized a week after the Atlanta Journal-Constitution released a video of his remarks, but Georgia state Senator Josh McKoon was not buying the "apology," saying it reeked of "political expediency."
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I liked Karen as Sec of State in GA. That being said, I’ve been watching the negative ads against her opponents sposored by this group and others. Although Karens name in mentioned in none of those ads, research into those groups say they support Karen Handel. I guess if negative ads work for dems, Karens “groups” had been taking lessons. I believe the effort is being made to force a runoff between Handel and Perdue.
I just don’t want Nunn to be able to sneak in
The chance of that is almost Nunn.
Nicely played.....and I hope you are right
Karen Handel would be a difficult candidate for the ‘Rats to attack.
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