Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:<\/p>\n
* In Ohio, Rep. [tag]Sherrod Brown[\/tag] (D) has trailed incumbent Sen. [tag]Mike DeWine[\/tag] (R) in recent polling, but this week’s Rasmussen poll<\/a> shows the Dem pulling ahead. In the poll released earlier this week, Brown now leads DeWine, 44% to 41%. As the pollster explained, this is “the first time he’s been ahead in any of the six Ohio polls Rasmussen Reports has conducted for Election 2006. The 44% level of support for Brown is his highest of the season. DeWine has lost ground in four straight polls since peaking at 46% in mid-February.”<\/p>\n * Speaking of vulnerable Republicans losing support, a poll in Arizona from the Behavior Research Center shows Sen. [tag]Jon Kyl[\/tag] (R), who recently enjoyed a double-digit lead, is quickly losing ground<\/a> to businessman [tag]Jim Pederson[\/tag] (D). While Kyl led by 29 points a few months ago, he now leads Pederson, 40% to 33%.<\/p>\n * In Nevada, Rep. [tag]Jim Gibbons[\/tag] (R) continues to lead the state’s gubernatorial race, but not by insurmountable margins. According to a new Reno Gazette-Journal\/News 4 poll<\/a>, Gibbons is ahead of Henderson Mayor [tag]Jim Gibson[\/tag] (D), 44% to 39%, and leads State Senator [tag]Dina Titus[\/tag] (D), 46% to 36% (via Taegan Goddard<\/a>).<\/p>\n * In the race to replace retiring Rep. [tag]Sherwood Boehlert[\/tag] (R) in upstate New York, Dems got a boost this week when one of the party’s leading candidates dropped out and endorsed the other. As Roll Call reported<\/a>, former public health official [tag]Les Roberts[\/tag] (D) appeared with Oneida County District Attorney [tag]Michael Arcuri[\/tag] (D) announced on Wednesday that he was withdrawing in the interest of party unity. “Les Roberts is one of the most honorable and ethical men I have ever met,” Arcuri said in a statement. “Now, we have a chance to show a united Democratic front.”<\/p>\n * And in California’s 50th congressional district, one of the most closely watched House races in the country, GOP candidate [tag]Brian Bilbray[\/tag] suddenly has a very serious problem on his hands: residency questions<\/a>. Apparently, property records indicate Bilbray lives in Alexandria, Virginia, not San Diego. Bilbray is running for the seat using his mother’s California home as his address, but one neighbor explained, “He comes here occasionally to see his mother like boys will do, but he doesn’t live here.” A local news report added<\/a>, “Another man, who lives right next door, said he wondered when people would catch on that Bilbray does not live here.” Some are beginning to question whether Bilbray is a (ahem) “[tag]carpetbagger[\/tag].”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * In Ohio, Rep. [tag]Sherrod Brown[\/tag] (D) has trailed incumbent Sen. [tag]Mike DeWine[\/tag] (R) in recent polling, but this week’s Rasmussen poll shows the Dem pulling ahead. In the poll released earlier this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}