Poll: Republican Guvs Trail Dem Challengers In 5 Races

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

DANIEL STRAUSS – APRIL 9, 2014, 2:35 PM EDT

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• In Maine PPP found Republican Gov. Paul LePage (pictured) trailing Rep. Mike Michaud (D) 37 percent to 44 percent.

• In Kansas, Gov. Sam Brownback (R) trails Democratic gubernatorial candidate Paul Davis 41 percent to 45 percent.

• In Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Corbett (R) is behind the generic potential Democratic candidate by double digits. PPP found Corbett trailing the generic candidate 56 percent to 34 percent.

• In the Georgia gubernatorial race, state Sen. Jason Carter (D) just barely leads Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) 43 percent to 42 percent.

• In Florida, former Gov. Charlie Crist (D) leads Gov. Rick Scott (R), 49 percent to 42 percent.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/polls-democrats-republicans-gubernatorial-races-2014

[groundloop]

1. C'mon Georgia, let's kick Deal's ass out to the street !!!!!

"• In the Georgia gubernatorial race, state Sen. Jason Carter (D) just barely leads Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) 43 percent to 42 percent. "

I must say that I'm a bit surprised to hear this, maybe the public is finally taking notice of Deal's ethics problems. For the most part Deal did a pretty good job of covering his tracks, but little by little the story is starting to come out.

[The Traveler]

13. Jason Carter seems to be a good guy

I'm suddenly hopeful ... knocking Deal out of office would be a big deal down here. (pun sorta not intended)

Trav

[Rod Beauvex]

2. Amazing.

This is very good news. Are these traditionally Republican strongholds? I hope this is a sign of things to come.

[magical thyme]

7. Maine isn't. We've been suffering under a travesty...

We ended up with Gov. Teabagger 38% when vote was split between a strong democrat-turned-independent (37%) and a weak democratic candidate (20%).

Gov. 38% was mentioned recently somewhere (I forget where, although I read it on DU) as possibly the worst of the horrible GOP governors.

First he cut taxes for the wealthy, which created an artificial budget crisis. Then he raised taxes on the middle, working and poor to pay for the budget crisis. No lie. My property taxes essentially doubled thanks to him, as did at least one co-workers. He has been an absolute disaster. Personally, I don't think I could survive 4 more years of him.

[pffshht]

20. That's the Republican platform in 2014.

Their whole brand. Their raison d'être.

First he cut taxes for the wealthy, which created an artificial budget crisis. Then he raised taxes on the middle, working and poor to pay for the budget crisis.

What did the people who voted for him expect? That's exactly what the Republicans stand for and have for at least the last 40 years.

I suppose what makes him a bad Republican governor is that he directly raised taxes on the working class. That's some bush-league amateur oligarchy. A "good" Republican governor would have found plenty of more subtle and roundabout ways of increasing their financial burden and lowering their standard of living without having to actually raise anyone's taxes; and successfully marketed the decline as the fault of unions, liberal lawyers, immigrants, and the environmental lobby.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. You can add one more to that list.....

http://talkbusiness.net/2014/04/poll-ross-hutchinson-virtual-dead-heat-governors-race/


Q: In the race for Governor, imagine the candidates are Libertarian Frank Gilbert, Green Party Candidate Joshua Drake, Republican Asa Hutchinson, and Democrat Mike Ross. If the election for Governor were today and these were the candidates, which candidate would you support?

3% Libertarian Frank Gilbert
2% Green candidate Joshua Drake
43% Republican Asa Hutchinson
44% Democrat Mike Ross
8% Undecided
- See more at: http://talkbusiness.net/2014/04/poll-ross-hutchinson-virtual-dead-heat-governors-race/#sthash.a0YW5qbZ.dpuf

[Fred Sanders]

11. Get the Green Party to join with Democratics....

[RedSpartan]

4. This will be very important for Medicaid expansion under the ACA.

Florida and PA are big states that don't have it, if I recall correctly.

[starroute]

17. There's another thread saying LePage just vetoed it for the third time

Pennsylvania is still negotiating -- Corbett wants to add job-search requirements and some other restrictions.

[Coventina]

5. Wahoo!! K & R !

Wouldn't it be so great to see the end of Brownback?

And, to have a Dem at the helm in FL, the only true "swing" mega-state would help tremendously!

[Enthusiast]

6. Hope this can hold up under an avalanche of money.

[WillyT]

8. K & R !!!

[LynneSin]

9. Corbett is so unpopular in PA that a Generic no-name person could probably beat him

Hell I could find pond scum and run it against Corbett and the people of PA would rather have Pond Scum represent them.

[valerief]

10. Should be ALL races, but this is a start. :) nt

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Corbett is toast.

We just have to make sure to make it so and GOTV. I think this go-around, the GOP "base" may sit it out because they haven't forgiven him for the Sandusky mess.

[mimi85]

14. Great news....

This is VERY encouraging. Thanks for posting it!

[Demeter]

15. I wish Michigan were on that list

gotta work harder, I guess

[trublu992]

16. Rick Scott is only down by 7 points. Are you kidding me? WTH Florida!

[Marthe48]

18. Come on Ohio!!!!!

Do we really want Republicans who are limiting voting opportunities to stay in power? What about jobs? What about the infrastructure? What good are Ohio Republicans--kick them to the curb! Let's take our state back! Go Ed FitzGerald for gov!

[muntrv]

19. C'mon, Michigan! Snyder should be on the outs!