Boehner Below 50 Percent Republican Support In Own District Ahead Of Tuesday’s Primary

The Daily Caller ^ | 05/04/2014 | Patrick Howley

[george76]

Republican House Speaker John Boehner would win only 49 percent of the Republican vote if his re-election race were held today, according to an internal survey conducted by Gravis Marketing, results of which were obtained exclusively by The Daily Caller.

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Boehner faces tea party challenger J.D. Winteregg in Tuesday’s Republican primary, in which approximately 85,000 voters are expected to head to the polls.

[usconservative]

Imagine a US House of Representatives free of John Boehner.

[Norm Lenhart]

Why imagine it? He has a challenger. People need only get over their fear and vote for that challenger.

[Resettozero]

Why imagine it? He has a challenger. People need only get over their fear and vote for that challenger.

My kind of thinking. My kind of FReeper.

[Red Steel]

A good reason why Boehner went ahead with the Benghazi select committee.

[george76]

Timing is interesting.

[grania]

Maybe some independents will join in for a worthy cause.

There is a problem in OH. The early and mail-in voting, even with some reforms, is out of control. It's probable that there are people who've already voted for Boehner, and they might have changed their minds but it's too late to change their vote.

[Mygirlsmom]

is this a winner take all, or a runoff if no one gets to 50% situation?

[OrioleFan]

His ads on TV around here run back to back to back. He’s really racking up the spending to beat off the tea party.

[Thom Pain]

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[struggle]

I’m assuming it’s a runoff at 50% because he has more than one challenger.

[buckeye49]

I believe there might be a chance. I was in the Northern part of the district a couple of weeks ago, saw several Winteregg signs, no Boehners. Of course Cincinnati is his home so I’m biting my nails over that, higher population vs. farm country.

[Finatic]

As soon as the committee and Gowdy were announced I thought, geez Boehners internal poll numbers must be setting off some alarms.

[Teacher317]

Winteregg lost his position at an Ohio university over his "electile dysfunction" parody campaign ad last year. It's kinda clever, but the Baptist college (Cedarville University) wasn't pleased.

("If you have a Boehner lasting more than 23 years, seek immediate medical attention.)

He lost to Boehner, 74 to 16 percent, in May 2014. Hopefully, he does much much much better this time around.