WA-Gov: Still a Tight Race

SurveyUSA (6/7-9, likely voters, 5/13 in parens):

Christine Gregoire (D-inc): 50 (49)

Dino Rossi (R): 47 (47)

(MoE: ±4%)

No surprises here: this one is tight, and will likely remain so for a while. I have confidence that Gregoire will pull through, especially with Obama’s strong performance in the state (he leads in this latest round of polling by 56-39 over McCain).

Here’s a “bonus finding” from the poll: Washington’s incumbent Republican Attorney General, Rob McKenna, leads Democrat John Ladenburg by 49-42 at this stage.

6 thoughts on “WA-Gov: Still a Tight Race”

  1. I would like to see Gregoire’s numbers top 50%, but I don’t think anyone was expecting this race to be anything but close.  

  3. Someone finally polled the AG’s race. Those are surprisingly high ‘known’ numbers in that race (only 9% undecided?), especially considering that I doubt few people outside Tacoma know who Ladenburg is (he’s Pierce County Executive). Anyway, if Ladenburg is only down 7 points despite his relative anonymity (I assume the “ham sandwich” vote for Democrats is extending way down ballot for a lot of people), that puts him within striking distance for November. Best to nip McKenna in the bud now before he runs for governor in 2012.

    As for the gov’s race, geez, I’m sure most people have had their minds made up about this since 2004. That explains how static the numbers are from poll to poll, both for SUSA and Rasmussen.

  6. Of all the regions in the country, having Obama rather than Clinton helps us most in the Pacific Northwest.  With Clinton, Oregon and Washington would have been tossups.  With Obama they are essentially safe democratic states which also helps in races like WA-Gov, OR-Sen and WA-08.

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