CO-Sen, CO-Gov: Tight Races (and Romanoff Makes it Official)

Rasmussen (9/9, likely voters):

Michael Bennet (D-inc): 43

Ken Buck (R): 37

Other: 7

Undecided: 13

Michael Bennet (D-inc): 39

Ryan Frazier (R): 40

Other: 7

Undecided: 14

(MoE: ±4.5%)

Oddly, Rasmussen chose not to test the two latest entrants in this race — Democrat Andrew Romanoff, who launched his exploratory committee earlier today, and former GOP Lt. Gov. Jane Norton. If you wanna make sure that your polls gain a lot of ink in the media, it’s usually a good idea to include the names who are getting the most buzz. But, that’s enough Rasmussen criticism for a day…

These numbers are somewhat different than PPP’s findings from August. (In that poll, Bennet lead Frazier by 38-33 and Buck by 39-35.) In any case, I can’t imagine that Frazier, an Aurora city councilor, is in a stronger position than Buck. At this point, they’re still just Two Dudes.

CO-Gov:

Bill Ritter (D-inc): 39

Scott McInnis (R): 44

Other: 7

Undecided: 10

Bill Ritter (D-inc): 41

Josh Penry (R): 39

Other: 7

Undecided: 12

(MoE: ±4.5%)

Unlike the Senate poll, this snapshot is pretty close to PPP’s August poll. Pretty disturbing stuff.

RaceTracker Wiki: CO-Sen | CO-Gov

(H/T: GOPVoter)

17 thoughts on “CO-Sen, CO-Gov: Tight Races (and Romanoff Makes it Official)”

  1. Ritters suffering the fate of all governors; which will improve by this time next year to do economic limbo instead of free fall. Plus I’m betting Romanoff has a good chance to beat Ritter in the primary, avoiding all the negatives of incumbency. Ritters Labour decisions, hasn’t pleased the left-wing, giving Romanoff more of a base.

    Bennet could be considered somewhat of a non-incumbent because he was appointed; but that’s still not nice numbers

  2. All the predecessors who sat in his Senate seat have gone through baptism by fire when it comes to campaigns. Gary Hart beat an incumbent GOP Senator then survived the Reagan 1980 landslide to serve two terms, Tim Wirth and Ben Nighthorse Campbell had both served in the House. In Campbell’s case, he was elected both as a Democrat and Republican before retiring. Ken Salazar was elected statewide twice as Colorado’s AG before winning his first Senate term.

    I’m very glad Romanoff is looking into the primary challenge. Bennett, with all due respect, was in a completely different profession before becoming a politician, and therefore had absolutely zero political skills to draw upon. If the DSCC are upset that Romanoff is challenging Bennett, then tough. He’s going to need this experience if he’s going to fend of Republican challengers in the general.

  3. are terrible.  Does anyone else notice that of the 4 appointed replacements, 3 (CO, IL, and possibly DE) could be in serious danger come 2010?  Illinois’ was a corruption-ridden disaster, Delaware was nepotism at its worst, and Ritter’s appointment of Bennet was completely nonsensical.  Had he appointed Romanoff or Hickenlooper – the two politicos that Coloradoans had said they most wanted to have in the Senate – we would not only have had a strong incumbent for the Senate, but would himself have had a boost on Election Day by sharing the ballot with a fellow popular Democrat.  Now, Bennet is starting from scratch and Ritter is completely standing on his own.  I don’t care how the national climate is, the GOP is offering up third-tier competition that ought to be annihilated.  

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