http://www.redstate.com/jim_ellis Just another RedState: Conservative News and Community weblog Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:50:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Senate Update Connecticut: Quinnipiac University’s latest Q-Poll (11/3-8; 1,236 registered CT voters; 474 Democrats and 332 Republicans) shows former Republican Rep. Rob Simmons decisively leading leftwing Sen. Chris Dodd (D), 49-38%. Ex-Ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley (R) leads Dodd 47-40%. Former World Wrestling Federation executive Linda McMahon, already ... http://www.redstate.com/jim_ellis/2009/11/13/red-state-weekly-political-synopsis-17/ Senate Update Massachusetts: A New England College Polling Institute survey (10/18-22; 468 registered MA Democratic voters) shows Attorney General Martha Coakley maintaining a strong lead in the battle to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D). Coakley places first at 37% in the Democratic primary forecast, Boston Celtics owner ... http://www.redstate.com/jim_ellis/2009/11/03/red-state-weekly-political-synopsis-16/ Senate Update Arkansas: Better polling news is evident for Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D), after several surveys suggested she was running even with virtually unknown Republican candidates. Lincoln usually simultaneously tries be liberal, moderate and conservative. The Benenson Strategy Group (10/5-7; 703 registered AR voters), polling for the Democratic Senatorial ... http://www.redstate.com/jim_ellis/2009/10/23/red-state-weekly-campaign-synopsis/ Senate Update Delaware: Republican At-Large Rep. Mike Castle announced that he will run for the state’s open US Senate seat. His likely opponent is Attorney General Beau Biden, the Vice-President’s son. The latest polling shows Castle leading by five points. Appointed Sen. Ted Kaufman (D) is not ... http://www.redstate.com/jim_ellis/2009/10/12/red-state-weekly-political-synopsis-15/ Senate Update Arkansas: New polls are bringing more bad news for vulnerable Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln. Rasmussen Reports (9/28; 500 likely AR registered voters) shows Lincoln trailing all of her prospective Republican opponents, despite the voting populace not being familiar with any of the GOP candidates. State Sen. ... http://www.redstate.com/jim_ellis/2009/10/05/red-state-weekly-political-synopsis-14/ Senate Update Iowa: Rep. Bruce Braley’s (R-IA-1) name is again popping up as a potential challenger to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R), but don’t believe that he’ll run. Rasmussen Reports (9/22; 500 likely IA voters) just completed a poll that shows Grassley remaining as the state’s most popular elected official. ... http://www.redstate.com/jim_ellis/2009/09/25/red-state-weekly-political-synopsis-13/ South Carolina’s Joe Wilson is becoming a national Congressman. Taking advantage of his national “15 minutes of fame”, Rep. Wilson is now positioned to at least partially fill a desperate void in the conservative movement --- that of principled inside leader. The Republican landslide of 1994 did not happen over ... http://www.redstate.com/jim_ellis/2009/09/18/joe-wilson-national-congressman/ Promoted from the Diaries by Neil Stevens Senate Update Colorado: A new poll again confirms appointed Sen. Michael Bennet’s (D) political weakness. Rasmussen Reports (9/9; 500 CO registered voters) shows the liberal Bennet leading Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck (R) 43-37%, but trailing Aurora city Councilman Ryan Frazier (R) ... http://www.redstate.com/jim_ellis/2009/09/14/red-state-weekly-political-synopsis-12/ Promoted from the diaries by Brian Faughnan. Senate Update Arkansas: Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) received bad news from a Public Policy Polling survey (8/21-24; 784 registered Arkansas voters). Against three virtually unknown candidates, Lincoln scores virtually even with them, and well below 50%. Paired with state Senator Gilbert Baker ... http://www.redstate.com/jim_ellis/2009/08/28/red-state-weekly-political-synopsis-11/ Senate Update California: As expected, former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina (R) announced that she is forming an exploratory committee to determine her viability against leftist Sen. Barbara Boxer (D). Colorado: Public Policy Polling (8/14-16; 969 registered CO voters) again is reporting unfavorable numbers for appointed Sen. Michael ... http://www.redstate.com/jim_ellis/2009/08/20/red-state-weekly-political-synopsis-10/