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The freewheeling Republican primary for an open Senate seat from Georgia was always expected to be a bruising affair. New polling confirms just how much.
Ahead of next week's primary election, voters remain highly divided among the five main candidates, all but guaranteeing a tough, costly runoff in July. Meanwhile, the Democrat, Michelle Nunn, is in a statistical dead heat with each of them.
In a year in which Republicans hope to take control of the Senate, the Georgia race is one of only two where Democrats currently see an opportunity to go on offense. Republicans need to win a net of six seats to gain the Senate majority. If Democrats can grab the seat being vacated by Republican Saxby Chambliss, the GOP task would be much harder.
In the primary, the top spot among the Republicans currently goes to David Perdue, the millionaire former executive who has never held public office -- but shares a family name with his cousin, a former governor. Perdue has maintained an early lead among about one-fourth of primary voters, according to surveys released Monday by the NBC News/Marist Poll and the St. Leo University Polling Institute.
But Perdue's hold is tenuous, despite his high favorable ratings. None of the GOP candidates appears likely to reach the 50% needed to avoid a runoff.
The question of who else makes the runoff appears to be a textbook case of the tea-party-versus-the-establishment party warfare that has defined Republican Senate campaigns this cycle.
Karen Handel, the former secretary of state who is backed by Sarah Palin, and Jack Kingston, the affable Savannah-area congressman with Chamber of Commerce support, are battling for the No. 2 spot, according to both polls.
Kingston leads slightly, with 18% in the St. Leo poll and 16% in NBC/Marist, but just nominally. Handel has about 15%.
Two other members of Congress trail. Libertarian-leaning Rep. Paul Broun and conservative Rep. Phil Gingrey have run less than stellar campaigns and are likely pulling from each other's bases of conservative support.
The Nunn team likely would have preferred one or more of the conservative candidates to emerge from the primary. Nominating one of the hard-right Republicans would provide Nunn a contrast -- and an opening among moderate-minded Republicans, particularly suburban women outside of metro Atlanta, who find tea party politics too extreme.
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Monday, May 12, 2014, 7:57 AM
Republican John Cahill kicked off his bid for state attorney general on Sunday, launching a challenge against incumbent Eric Schneiderman.
Speaking in his hometown of Yonkers, the former top aide to ex-Gov. George Pataki said the office has been relegated to little more than a political steppingstone to the governors mansion.
This is unacceptable, Cahill, 55, added. We see that this leads to decisions based on the special interests, political interests and self-interests of the attorney general rather than what is in the best interests of the people of New York. Both Gov. Cuomo and former Gov. Eliot Spitzer rose to the governors mansion after stints as state attorney general.
Cahill stressed his support for charter schools, the controversial gas-drilling procedure known as fracking and for the state DREAM Act, which would allow undocumented immigrant students to get state financial aid.
Gov. Cuomo says hes the students lobbyist, he said. Thats great, but what New York students need is a good lawyer.
Even before Cahill formally announced his candidacy, Democrats were on the attack: former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan criticized him Friday for his anti-abortion views.
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