Lieutenant Governor Dennis Daugaard, coming off his Republican Primary win last week, continues to hold a commanding lead over Democratic challenger Scott Heidepriem in the gubernatorial race in South Dakota.
While South Carolina Democrats fret over how an unemployed political unknown with a felony charge hanging over him won their party’s Senate nomination, the first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the general election contest finds incumbent Republican Senator Jim DeMint far in the lead.
When challengers take on an incumbent member of Congress, they almost always get a bounce in the polls following a victory in a contested primary. That appears to be the case in South Dakota following State Representative Kristi Noem’s Republican Primary victory last Tuesday which earns her the right to challenge Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin.?
State Representative Nikki Haley is running stronger than her Republican Primary runoff opponent in the general election for South Carolina’s first open gubernatorial race since 1994.
The Republicans still have the edge in Michigan’s tangled gubernatorial contest, but the race is a close one.
Republican Paul LePage is the top vote getter in the race for governor of Maine following the winnowing down of the crowded contest in Tuesday’s primaries.
Brian Sandoval, fresh off his Republican Primary win on Tuesday, now leads Democratic nominee Rory Reid 54% to 31% in the race for governor of Nevada, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state.
Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina both receive small bounces in support following their parties’ nominations for the U.S. Senate race in California.
Meg Whitman’s mega-win in Tuesday’s Republican Primary has thrown her into a virtual tie once again with Democrat Jerry Brown in the race to be the next governor of California.
Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn and his Republican challenger Bill Brady are aggressively duking it out for governor of Illinois, but the numbers in the race aren’t moving.
Sharron Angle, following her come-from-behind Republican Primary win Tuesday, has bounced to an 11-point lead over Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in Nevada’s closely-watched U.S. Senate race.
Just like in 2006, the rematch between Republican Bob Ehrlich and Maryland Democratic Governor Martin O’Malley is proving to be a close one, at least early on. The two men are now tied, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state.
Both contenders in the July 13 Republican Primary runoff lead newly chosen Democratic nominee Ron Sparks in the race to be the next governor of Alabama.
Seventy-eight percent (78%) of voters in yesterday’s California Republican Primary have a favorable opinion of their party’s new Senate nominee, Carly Fiorina. A Rasmussen Reports Election Night Survey found that just over 50% had favorable views of her two opponents Tom Campbell and Chuck DeVore.
Sharron Angle won the Republican nomination to take on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in November with strong support from the Tea Party movement.
Illinois’ hotly contested race for the U.S. Senate between Republican Congressman Mark Kirk and State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is once again a virtual toss-up.
As South Carolina Republicans prepare for a run-off election in two weeks, 81% of GOP Primary voters say they are likely to vote for Nikki Haley if she is the party's nominee in September. A Rasmussen Reports election night survey found that 70% say they are likely to vote for Congressman Gresham Barrett if he is the Republican nominee.
Republican Marco Rubio and Republican-turned-independent Charlie Crist are tied this month in Florida’s topsy-turvy race for the U.S. Senate.
Republican newcomer Rick Scott now runs stronger against likely Democratic nominee Alex Sink than longtime GOP frontrunner Bill McCollum in Florida’s race for governor.
The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton picking up 43% of the vote while State House Speaker Andrew Romanoff earns 42% support.
