Matt Bevin for US Senate leads Democrat challenger in Kentucky by six points, Rasmussen poll, Jan. 29-30, 2014

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2/3/14, "Election 2014: Kentucky Senate," Rasmussen Reports

"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell runs dead even with Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes in Rasmussen Reports’ first look at the 2014 U.S. Senate race in Kentucky. But McConnell’s GOP primary rival Matt Bevin leads Grimes by six points. 

A new statewide telephone survey of Likely Kentucky Voters finds that McConnell and Grimes earn 42% support each. Six percent (6%) like some other candidate in the race, and 10% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.) 

The survey of 500 Likely Voters in Kentucky was conducted on January 29-30, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology." via Free Republic
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Kentucky Democrat says Matt Bevin would be harder to beat than McConnell. This article was written before the above poll results:

1/29/14, "Kentucky Dem: Bevin Would Be Tougher Opponent Than McConnell," TPM, Daniel Strauss

"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) tea party challenger would be a tougher opponent in the Senate general election than McConnell himself, Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) argued.

"You can make a case that Mitch is easier to beat than Bevin," Yarmuth said in an interview with The Plum Line's Greg Sargent. "People are tired of him. They see him as the embodiment of government dysfunction."...





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