Fairleigh Dickinson University released the rest of their poll on Delaware today. It showed that John Carney leads Glen Urquhart by 17% – 53% for Carney, 36% for Urquhart. It also showed a tie between Flowers (42%) and Bonini (41%). Wagner still leads Korn, but his lead has been cut from 15% to 10%.
Democrat John C. Carney Jr. leads Republican Glen Urquhart by 17 points in the race for Delaware’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a PublicMind poll released this morning by Fairleigh Dickinson University.
The poll, which surveyed 797 likely voters statewide from Oct. 20-26, showed Carney leading 53-36, up a few ticks (51-36) from a similar poll released Oct. 5.
Yesterday Rob Tornoe talked about Christine O’Donnell’s “long shadow.” I’ve always wondered whether O’Donnell would help or hurt Urquhart, since they’re very similar ideologically. I think it’s fairly obvious that she’s hurting him. Urquhart hasn’t been able to make the case for his candidacy but he also can’t raise money. The last FEC report shows that Urquhart raised $63K (not too bad) but loaned himself another $110K. Carney raised $100K in the same period.
Now for the rest of the state ticket:
Well within the poll’s margin of error — 3.5 percent — is the state treasurer’s race, where Democrat Chip Flowers holds a sliver of a lead, with 42 percent to Republican state Sen. Colin Bonini’s 41 percent. The men were tid at 38 percent in the last FDU poll. The number of undecided voters dropped from 21 percent to 17 percent in that time.
The race for the state auditor’s office tightened a bit, with Republican Tom Wagner, the incumbent, holding a 10-point lead over Democratic challenger Richard Korn. Wagner’s lead was 15 points in the last poll. Korn leads in New Castle County, 43-38.
Democratic Attorney General Beau Biden, running without a Republican opponent, led independent Doug Campbell by 42 points, the same lead he had earlier in the month.
It doesn’t look like it’s going to be a Republican year in Delaware although they could double the number of statewide elected Republican officials.