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
* New Jersey’s closely-watched Senate race remains tight in the latest Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll<\/a>. The survey shows state Sen. Tom Kean Jr. (R) ahead of Sen. Bob Menendez (D), 43% to 39%. Oddly enough, given the results, New Jersey voters, by a 47% to 28% margin, believe Menendez will win in November.<\/p>\n * Following up on yesterday’s poll results, a new Rasmussen poll<\/a> shows Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl (R) cruising past Democratic challenger Jim Pederson, 52% to 35%. The 17-point margin is slightly better than the 19-point gap Kyl enjoyed in a June Rasmussen poll, but that’s hardly consolation.<\/p>\n * A new SurveyUSA poll suggests Dems are well positioned for a great year in Arkansas, where the Dem candidate is leading the GOP candidate in contests for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General (via Taegan Goddard<\/a>).<\/p>\n * In Wisconsin, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Mark Green suffered a setback<\/a> yesterday when Wisconsin’s Election Board ruled he could not spend money received from political action committees not registered in Wisconsin. The board said Green will have return $468,000 in campaign contributions. Green is preparing an appeal.<\/p>\n