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(CNN) -- In one of the most closely-watched Senate races of the year, incumbent Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina holds a narrow three-point advantage over her Republican challenger, according to a new CNN/ORC International survey.
But the poll indicates that Thom Tillis, the GOP nominee, may be falling behind Hagan because a Libertarian candidate could be siphoning off Republican votes.
Hagan edges Tillis, 46%-43%, while Libertarian Sean Haugh has support from 7% likely voters, according to the poll.
The three-point gap between Tillis and Hagan, however, is well within the poll's sampling error of plus or minus four percentage points among likely voters, meaning the candidates are about even.
The race is one of eight Senate contests that CNN rates as "up for grabs" this fall. As Republicans seek to retake the Senate majority, they consider North Carolina one of their best chances to pick up a Democratic seat.
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Since Hagan was first elected in 2008, North Carolina has transitioned from somewhat of a purple state to solid red territory. Republicans took the governorship and seized both houses in the state Legislature, and North Carolina was one of two states that voted for Barack Obama in 2008 but Mitt Romney in 2012.
Hagan's favorable rating is 46%, indicating that everyone who likes her is going to vote for her. But Tillis gets a 47% favorable rating among likely voters, yet only 43% of the vote.
"That suggests that there are voters who would probably choose Tillis in a two-way race but aren't going to vote for him in a three-way contest," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
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CNN Poll: In North Carolina Senate race, Libertarian could be spoiler
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In one of the most closely-watched Senate races of the year, incumbent Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina holds a narrow three-point advantage over her Republican challenger, according to a new CNN/ORC International survey.
But the poll indicates that Thom Tillis, the GOP nominee, may be falling behind Hagan because a Libertarian candidate could be siphoning off Republican votes.
Hagan edges Tillis, 46%-43%, while Libertarian Sean Haugh has support from 7% likely voters, according to the poll.
The three-point gap between Tillis and Hagan, however, is well within the poll's sampling error of plus or minus four percentage points among likely voters, meaning the candidates are about even.
The race is one of eight Senate contests that CNN rates as "up for grabs" this fall. As Republicans seek to retake the Senate majority, they consider North Carolina one of their best chances to pick up a Democratic seat.
Since Hagan was first elected in 2008, North Carolina has transitioned from somewhat of a purple state to solid red territory. Republicans took the governorship and seized both houses in the state Legislature, and North Carolina was one of two states that voted for Barack Obama in 2008 but Mitt Romney in 2012.
Hagan's favorable rating is 46 percent, indicating that everyone who likes her is going to vote for her. But Tillis gets a 47 percent favorable rating among likely voters, yet only 43 percent of the vote.
"That suggests that there are voters who would probably choose Tillis in a two-way race but aren't going to vote for him in a three-way contest," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
While Haugh only has the backing of 7 percent of voters, his presence in the race could be hugely influential if Tillis ends up losing to Hagan by just a few percentage points.
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Poll: Libertarian could spoil N.C. race
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi
THE All Progressives Congress has described as ridiculous President Goodluck Jonathans statement that the Peoples Democratic Party will recover Rivers and Edo States from the hands of the APC in the 2015 and 2016 governorship elections.
The Chairman of the Rivers State Chapter of the APC, Dr. Davies Ikanya, explained that the Presidents optimism was not in line with the realities on the ground in Rivers.
President Jonathan had during a rally organised by the South-South PDP in Edo State on Saturday boasted that his party would take over power after the governorship elections in the two states.
But Ikanya said in a statement on Sunday by his Senior Special Adviser on Media, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, that the Presidents optimism was based on ignorance about the political realities in the state.
The All Progressives Congress, Rivers State chapter, has dismissed as ridiculous the boast by President Goodluck Jonathan that his Peoples Democratic Party will recover the state from the hands of the APC during the 2015 general elections.
This boast made on Saturday by President Jonathan during the PDPs South-South rally in Benin City, the Edo State capital, is ridiculous because it runs counter to the realities on ground in Rivers State.
President Jonathans boast is obviously based on ignorance about current political realities in Rivers State. He may not have known that the state PDP leader and prospective governorship candidate, Nyesome Wike, has polarised the PDP in Rivers State to the extent that it cannot even win a councillorship seat in a free and fair election.
Wike (Minister of State for Education) is either deluding himself or deliberately feeding Mr. President with lies in a bid to feather his nest, Ikanya added.
Ikanya listed one of the sins of the Jonathan administration against the state as the ceding of oil wells belonging to Rivers to Bayelsa State.
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PDP cant win Rivers, APC replies Jonathan
The All Progressives Congress in Osun State has said that the attack onthe judiciary in Ekiti State is an alleged plan of President GoodluckJonathan tocause crisis in the South West in a bid to capture the region and win the2015 presidential election.
The Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy of the APC in Osun State,Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, said this in a statement he made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Sunday.
The APC also described the governor-elect in Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose,as the arrowhead of the Peoples Democratic Partys alleged plan to executethe plan of the President.
The party which accused Fayose of being behind the attack on the court inEkiti State said such attack portended a grave danger to the nations democracy except those behind it were brought to justice quickly.
The statement read, The fact that Federal Government security officialsstood by and watched while Fayose and his rampaging horde of thugs werebeating up judges and lawyers in the premises of the hallowed chambers is clear indication that the PDP Federal Government is complicit.
Politicians should rally and impress it on President Goodluck Jonathanthat if this judicial sacrilege in Ekiti presages his intention for seekinga second term in office, it could well be the beginning of the end ofdemocracy and the rule of law in the country.
It is therefore imperative not only that Fayose and his thugs should bemade accountable, everything should be done to persuade President Jonathan that no Federal Government has survived creating anarchy in the West.
The earlier this lesson is learnt by the Jonathan administration, thebetter for democracy in Nigeria.
Ayo Fayose should be closely watched because he appears to represent PDPsgame plan of using the rule of the jungle to capture and sustain itself inpower. Fayose is possibly the arrowhead of that strategy in the South West.
But the Osun State branch of the PDP has equally accused the APC in thestate of planning to commit arson using thugs who would disguise as membersof the PDP.
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APC blames Ekiti crisis on Jonathans second term bid