FBI raids six sites in Weldon corruption probe; plus 14 new polls
October 17th, 2006
TUESDAY NEWS UPDATE.BY THE NUMBERS: US SENATE RACES.
MISSOURI: US Senator Jim Talent (R) - 43%, State Auditor Claire McCaskill (D) - 42%. (Rasmussen Reports).
NEW YORK: US Senator Hillary Clinton (D) - 59%, former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer (R) - 32%. (Siena College).
OHIO: Congressman Sherrod Brown (D) - 46%, US Senator Mike DeWine (R) - 41%. (Rasmussen Reports).
VIRGINIA: US Senator George Allen (R) - 47%, former Navy Secretary Secretary Jim Webb (D) - 44%. (Rasmussen Reports).
WASHINGTON: US Senator Maria Cantwell (D) - 51%, insurance executive Mike McGavick (R) - 43%, former Black Panther activist Aaron Dixon (Green) - 1%, educator Bruce Guthrie (Libertarian) - 1%, Robin Adair (Independent) - 1%. (KING-TV/SurveyUSA).
WYOMING: US Senator Craig Thomas (R) - 67%, retired scientist Dale Groutage (D) - 26%. (Casper Star-Tribune/Mason-Dixon).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 10.17.06
BY THE NUMBERS: GOVERNOR RACES.
ARKANSAS: Attorney General Mike Beebe (D) - 45%, former Congressman Asa Hutchinson (R) - 31%. (Arkansas State University).
KANSAS: Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D) - 55%, State Senator Jim Barnett (R) - 42%, Carl Kramer (Libertarian) - 1%, Richard Ranzau (Reform) - 1%. (KCTV-TV/SurveyUSA).
NEW YORK: Attorney General Eliot Spitzer (D) - 68%, former State Assembly Minority Leader John Faso (R) - 22%. (Siena College).
WYOMING: Governor Dave Freudenthal (D) - 63%, attorney Ray Hunkins (R) - 30%. (Casper Star-Tribune/Mason-Dixon).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 10.17.06
BY THE NUMBERS: US HOUSE RACES.
ARIZONA - CD-5: Congressman J.D. Hayworth (R) - 48%, former State Democratic Chair Harry Mitchell (D) - 45%, businessman Warren Severin (Libertarian) - 5%. (KPNX-TV/SurveyUSA).
CALIFORNIA - CD-50: Congressman Brian Bilbray (R) - 49%, college professor Francine Busby (D) - 46%, teacher Miriam Clark (Peace & Freedom) - 3%, businessman Paul King (Libertarian) - 2%. (KGTV-TV/SurveyUSA).
INDIANA - CD-8: Vanderburgh County Sheriff Brad Ellsworth (D) - 55%, Congressman John Hostettler (R) - 32%. (Evansville Courier & Press/Indiana State University).
MINNESOTA - CD-2: Congressman John Kline (R) - 50%, retired FBI Agent Colleen Rowley (D) - 42%, frequent candidate Doug Williams (Independence) - 5%. (KSTP-TV/SurveyUSA).
NEW MEXICO - CD-1: Attorney General Patricia Madrid (D) - 53%, Congresswoman Heather Wilson (R) - 45%. (KOB-TV/SurveyUSA).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 10.17.06
PENNSYLVANIA: FBI RAIDS SIX SITES IN WELDON CORRUPTION PROBE.
What a difference one day makes. Until Monday, Congressman Curt Weldon (R-PA) adamantly denied he was the target of any FBI corruption investigation. In fact, Weldon's staff accused the Democrats, essentially, of spreading disinformation to cripple Weldon's reelection bid. The denials vanished Monday as the FBI raided six locations in two states tied to Weldon's daughter and business associates in search of incriminating evidence. FBI agents were seen exiting the six properties carrying boxes of seized items. The probe is focusing on whether Weldon used his position in office to secure lucrative lobbying contracts for his daughter -- particularly some deals in 2002-04 to help two Russian companies and two Serbian brothers with ties to the late Serbian war criminal Slobodan Milosevic. In response to the raids, Weldon said he believes the timing was politically motivated. The FBI raids are causing us to revise our rating yet again -- just one day after the last revision -- to now declare Weldon the underdog against retired Navy Admiral Joe Sestak (D). Race rating: Leans DEM.
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 10.17.06
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Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 10.17.06
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