Talent pulls even with McCaskill in Senate race

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Sun, Sep. 03, 2006
Talent pulls even with McCaskill in Senate race
Associated Press

ST. LOUIS - A new poll shows Republican Sen. Jim Talent and Democratic challenger Claire McCaskill are about even in their race for the U.S. Senate.

The latest Research 2000 poll, released Sunday and conducted for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and KMOV-TV, showed 47 percent backed McCaskill and 46 percent supported Talent. Two percent supported Libertarian Frank Gilmour, while the remaining 5 percent were undecided.
(snip)

Del Ali, head of Research 2000, attributes Talent's recent gains to his expensive blitz of positive advertisements over the past six weeks.

Combined, his campaign and an allied group have outspent McCaskill on TV ads by a margin of 10-to-1. In most parts of the state, Talent's ads are the only ones on the air. McCaskill ads are airing only in Republican-rich southwest Missouri. Hers are expected to go on TV statewide this month.
(snip/...)

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/15433972.htm



Claire McCaskill, Talent (center)