Election 2010: Arizona Governor
Arizona Governor: Brewer (R) Still Well Ahead of Goddard (D)
Incumbent Republican Jan Brewer remains well ahead of Arizona’s Democratic Attorney General Terry Goddard in the state’s gubernatorial contest.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Arizona shows Brewer with 53% support to Goddard’s 39%. Seven percent (7%) like some other candidate, and one percent (1%) is still undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
As it has from the start, this race remains Solid Republican in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Gubernatorial Scorecard.
At the beginning of the month, Brewer held a similar 55% to 39% lead. Since May, Brewer's support has run from 52% to 60%, while Goddard's has remained in the 35% to 39% range.
Arizona allows early voting, and among those who have already voted, Brewer leads Goddard 53% to 43%.
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The survey of 500 Likely Voters in Arizona was conducted on October 28, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
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