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Election 2010: Senate Elections

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July 24, 2009

California Senate: Boxer 45%, Fiorina 41%

Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer leads former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina in an early look at California’s 2010 race for the U.S. Senate.

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July 16, 2009

New York Senate Primary: Maloney 33% Gillibrand 27%

Challenger Carolyn Maloney has the edge for now over appointed incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand in New York’s Democratic primary campaign for the U.S. Senate. But nearly a third of potential primary voters have no preference at this time leaving the 2010 race wide open.

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June 24, 2009

2010 Florida Senate Race: Crist Leads Meek

Charlie Crist holds a solid lead in Florida’s race for the U.S. Senate seat now held by retiring Republican Senator Mel Martinez, but the election’s over 16 months away.

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June 18, 2009

Pennsylvania 2010 Senate Match-ups: Specter, Sestak Top Toomey

Likely Republican nominee Pat Toomey trails both of the Democrats who are vying for their party’s nomination – Senator Arlen Specter and Rep. Joe Sestak – in potential match-ups for next year’s U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania.

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June 17, 2009

Pennsylvania Senate Primary: Specter 51% Sestak 32%

Senator Arlen Specter leads Congressman Joe Sestak by 19 percentage points in an early look at the 2010 Democratic Senatorial Primary in Pennsylvania.

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April 24, 2009

Pennsylvania Senate Primary: Toomey 51% Specter 30%

Incumbent Senator Arlen Specter trails former Congressman Pat Toomey by 21 points in an early look at Pennsylvania’s 2010 Republican Primary. Fifty-one percent (51%) of Republican voters statewide say they’d vote for Toomey while just 30% would support Specter.

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March 12, 2009

Boxer Leads Schwarzenegger, Fiorina in 2010 Senate Race

Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer leads two potential Republican challengers in an early look at California’s 2010 race for the U.S. Senate.

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December 4, 2008

Pennsylvania Senate: Specter 46% Matthews 43%

Republican Senator Arlen Specter is potentially vulnerable in his 2010 bid for re-election. A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Pennsylvania voters finds Specter leading MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews by just three percentage points, 46% to 43%, in a match-up that may foreshadow one of the nation's most closely-watched Senate races.