Lowden Leads, But GOP Wary Of Tea Party
Ex-state Sen./ex-NV GOP chair Sue Lowden (R) has a clear lead over her GOP primary rivals, according to a new independent survey, but GOPers should be worried about the presence of a third-party candidate running with the Tea Party label.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal poll of 625 likely voters, conducted by Mason-Dixon between Feb. 22-24, had a margin of error of +/- 4%. An oversample of 300 GOP LVs had a margin of error of +/- 6%. Lowden, businessman/'06 Sec/State nom. Danny Tarkanian (R), ex-Assemb. Sharron Angle (R), investment banker John Chachas (R) and Marine vet. Bill Parson (R) were tested. General election matchups posed Lowden, Tarkanian and Angle against Sen. Harry Reid (D).
Primary Election Matchup Lowden 47 Tarkanian 29 Angle 8 Chachas 1 Parson --General Election Matchups
Reid 36 Lowden 52
Generic GOPer 32 Reid 39
Tea Party nom 18Tarkanian 51 Angle 44
Reid 40 Reid 42
Reid's electoral future remains uncertain, but businessman Jon Ashjian's ballot access as a Tea Party candidate will complicate matters for the GOP. The poll shows a generic Tea Party candidate would attract 22% of GOP voters versus just 12% of Dems. Matched up head-to-head, Lowden's 13-point lead is 3 points higher than the Jan. 5-7 survey, and Tarkanian's 11-point edge is up 3 points from Jan.
Reid's ratings are still dismal, at just 33% fav/51% unfav. And though Pres. Obama has gone to bat for Reid more than for any other candidate, those visits are having little impact. The poll showed just 7% of voters said they are more likely to vote for Reid after Obama's latest visit.
Lowden is the frontrunner to oust Reid, as we wrote last week. And while Reid can't buy a break, this race, more than any in the country, is where the Tea Party could make a difference that hurts the GOP.
Sue Lowden is another Harry Reid. If the GOP is stupid enough to vote RINO again then my vote will definitely be for the Tea Party Candidate.
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Sue Lowden has a history of illegally cutting health benefits.
http://www.harryreid.com/ee/index.php/news/release/lowdens_tv_ad_finally_a_legal_attempt_to_cut_health_coverage