RWN: A Rundown of GOP Senate Primaries
21/04/10 07:31
John Hawkins over at RightWingNews has a briefing up on all the key Republican Senate primaries.
Here's a teaser:
State: Indiana Election date: May 4. Seat currently held by: Open [Evan Bayh (D)] Candidates: Dan Coats vs. Marlin Stutzman vs. John Hostettler Latest Poll Numbers: Leaked internal poll (April 10, 2010): Coats 29% vs. Hostettler 26% vs. Stutzman 18% Candidate endorsement: Marlin Stutzman Analysis: Retired Senator Coats is a NRSC backed gun grabber who was supposed to step into the race, raise boatloads of money, and turn this into a horserace with Evan Bayh. However, Bayh isn't running, Coats' fundraising hasn't been particularly impressive, and his campaign has gotten a cold shoulder from the base in Indiana. Either Stutzman or Hostettler would be preferable to Coats in the Senate, but Hostettler is one of the worst fundraisers I've ever seen and the GOP won't be able to spend huge dollars this year to make up the slack. That means Stutzman, who has been endorsed by Jim DeMint among others, is the goto guy in Indiana. At the moment, polling data is very thin and this could be anybody's ball game.
Here's a teaser:
State: Indiana Election date: May 4. Seat currently held by: Open [Evan Bayh (D)] Candidates: Dan Coats vs. Marlin Stutzman vs. John Hostettler Latest Poll Numbers: Leaked internal poll (April 10, 2010): Coats 29% vs. Hostettler 26% vs. Stutzman 18% Candidate endorsement: Marlin Stutzman Analysis: Retired Senator Coats is a NRSC backed gun grabber who was supposed to step into the race, raise boatloads of money, and turn this into a horserace with Evan Bayh. However, Bayh isn't running, Coats' fundraising hasn't been particularly impressive, and his campaign has gotten a cold shoulder from the base in Indiana. Either Stutzman or Hostettler would be preferable to Coats in the Senate, but Hostettler is one of the worst fundraisers I've ever seen and the GOP won't be able to spend huge dollars this year to make up the slack. That means Stutzman, who has been endorsed by Jim DeMint among others, is the goto guy in Indiana. At the moment, polling data is very thin and this could be anybody's ball game.
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