Posted on 09/28/2010 5:53:47 AM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Republican John Raese has edged ahead of West Virginia’s popular Democratic Governor Joe Manchin for the first time in the state’s special U.S. Senate race.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely West Virginia Voters finds Raese earning 48% support to Manchin’s 46% when leaners are included. Two percent (5%) prefer some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided.
These findings move the contest from Solid Democratic to a Toss-Up in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Senate Balance of Power rankings.
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I wouldn’t say it was ever off the radar. That was just the media storyline to chasten conservatives for nominating O’Donnell.
It was Raese whom Rockefeller defeated in 1984, even as WV went for Reagan.
wow, long comeback for Raese!
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