Ethridge and Associates for Tom Leatherwood (6/28-29, likely voters, 3/28-29 in parens):
Tom Leatherwood (R): 37 (30)
Marsha Blackburn (R-inc): 48 (57)
(MoE: ±5.6%)
Leatherwood, a former state senator, is mounting another disgruntled Jason Chaffetz-style campaign (i.e. running to the right of a very right-wing representative), but his fundraising has been pretty bare bones thus far. Another “pick your poison” campaign? Maybe so, but it’s still fun to see GOP incumbents in peril.
Don’t expect this creatively-drawn R+12 district to come into play if Leatherwood knocks off Blackburn — Bush beat down Kerry by a 66-33 margin in 2004.
Primary: August 7th
(Hat-tip to reader AK)
Progressive Punch has Blackburn ranked 432/435, and that’s not conservative enough? For any district? Zoinks.
that’s about the only good thing I can say about her.
What the hell is going on over there, in the other camp’s base?
What conceivable basis is there for a primary-from-the-right to Marsha Friggin Blackburn?
Maybe she too was for comprehensive immigration reform, I dunno, but I am pretty damn shocked.
The far-right is regularly launching and winning primaries, and has been for years. The left really needs to do a lot more to strengthen the culture of primaries on our side, because we’re just not using this weapon anywhere nearly as effectively as the other side does.
Going completely off-track here, I just wanted to comment that the 7th District is Hannah Montana country down there. Yep, Franklin (shared with the 4th, by the way) is the home of the Cyrus family and Miley may very well be Ms. Blackburn’s most famous constituent.
*Wonder what a conservative like Blackburn would have to say about the infamous Vanity Fair photos.
So he’s probably down by atleast 15 (if not more). That’s the best he can do less than a month before the primary?
He may have a base in Memphis (ya know, people he went to high school with, etc.), but he went to Clarksville and left with his tails between his legs. Blackburn will crush him so badly in the rest of the disctrict that whatever advantage he has in Memphis will be canceled out.
Stick a fork in Mr. Leatherwood because he is done!
Leatherwood’s whole campaign is shady. Running illegal ads and yard signs. His yard sign push call. Everything he says is to just get him elected. He’ll please anyone, especially his cronies down at the courthouse. This “poll” is just an other attempt by his campaign to drive a wedge between conservatives in this district. Who’s he working for? Jim Tomasik? Oh wait…no one knows who he is either…