The race for control of the U.S. Senate remains very close heading into the final week of Election 2006. Rasmussen Reports now rates 48 seats as Republican or Leans Republican and 47 seats as Democrat or Leans Democrat. There are 5 Toss-Up states which include - New Jersey, Tennessee, Montana, Missouri and Virginia.
The third Rasmussen Reports poll this month of Montana's closely watched U.S. Senate race shows that Democrat Jon Tester is still slightly ahead, 51% to 47%.
Democrat Deval Patrick leads Republican Kerry Healey 53% to 29%. Our September survey showed Patrick thumping Healey 57% to 24%.
The latest Rasmussen Reports poll shows Republican Tom Kean Jr. with 43% of the vote and Democratic Senator Bob Menendez with 41%. However, when we add in the leaners, it’s all tied at 45%.
Governor Jim Doyle now leads Republican Congressman Mark Green 48% to 44%. The Governor has maintained an edge all year, but it has narrowed since the summer.
The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey shows Ritter leading Republican Bob Beauprez 51% to 39%.
A plurality of voters in each of 32 states agree that the political system in the U.S. is “badly broken.”
In the contest of inches that has marked the Missouri Senate race from the start, the most recent Rasmussen Reports election survey shows incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Talent leading Claire McCaskill 48% to 46%.
In Virginia's fierce U.S. Senate campaign, Republican Senator George Allen's once double-digit lead over Democrat James Webb has virtually vanished. Allen now leads 49% to 48%—with leaners added, 50% to 48%.
In the run-up to November 7, Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is maintaining a considerable advantage over Democrat Barbara Ann Radnofsky. With only 4% undecided, she now leads 60% to 34%.
In the final weeks of South Carolina's gubernatorial campaign, Republican Governor Mark Sanford leads Democratic State Senator Tommy Moore 57% to 34%.
Incumbent Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has opened up her biggest lead to date in Kansas’ gubernatorial election.
Republican Governor Rick Perry is holding on to his lead in the congested race for Governor. But he's still below the 40% support he enjoyed earlier in the year.
Iowa Secretary of State Chet Culver has broken his tie with Republican Jim Nussle in Iowa’s gubernatorial campaign.
The latest Rasmussen Reports poll of the Tennessee race for U.S. Senate shows Mayor Bob Corker leading Democratic Congressman Harold Ford 47% to 46%. With "leaners" added, Corker leads 49% to 47%.
The New Jersey Supreme Court made news when it handed down a significant ruling in the ongoing debate over same-sex marriage.
Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm has extended her lead over Republican challenger Dick DeVos in Michigan’s gubernatorial race. The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey shows Granholm leading DeVos 53% to 42%.
Incumbent U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow is maintaining a stable lead in her re-election bid over Republican challenger Michael Bouchard.
With Election Day on the horizon Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee remains highly vulnerable. Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse leads the incumbent 50% to 42%.
Republican Governor Donald Carcieri, though facing some of the same political realities afflicting the Republican Senator's campaign, seems to have found a toehold in his own bid to win reelection.
