Garin-Hart-Yang (D) for Dan Seals (11/5-7, likely primary voters):
Dan Seals (D): 58%
Jay Footlik (D): 6%
Undecided: 36%
MoE: ±5.0%
Nice lead for Seals there. Undoubtedly, much of this has to do with the great deal of residual name recognition that Seals enjoys from his ’06 campaign (the poll pegs him at 69% name recognition among likely primary voters; Footlik’s at 24%). Footlik begun running biographical television ads right around the time the poll was conducted, so their impact wasn’t measured here.
Still, with a lead this large, Foolik would have to swamp out Seals in expenditures in order to claim the nomination. With only three months left to go until the primary, that looks to be a pretty tall order.
would drop out and let Seals have the nomination. This is a seat that would be a nice pickup for us in 2008 and one that we would be able to hold for many years.
Why does Footlik have an R next to his name? He’s runnign for the Democratic nomination… He’s a Democrat. Anyone got the answer?
When I got home yesterday the fistful of daily fund-raising letters included one with Jan Schakowsky’s return address on it. I almost didn’t bother to open it, because, while I like Jan Schakowsky perfectly well, she doesn’t need my help this cycle.
It was a fund-raising letter for the Seals campaign.