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[NE] Ricketts leads in poll released by campaign
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Apr 20, 2006 01:25pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Omaha World Herald |
| News Date | Thursday, April 20, 2006 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | BY HENRY J. CORDES
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
As the Republican U.S. Senate primary race entered its final three weeks Wednesday, Pete Ricketts' campaign released a poll that indicated he was leading his two rivals.
The Ricketts poll, conducted last week by the same polling company used by President Bush in 2004, indicated that Ricketts was ahead of former attorney general Don Stenberg, 43 percent to 33 percent, with David Kramer third at 7 percent.
The three candidates are running for the right to take on Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson in November.
Ricketts, a former Ameritrade executive, said in a statement that he was pleased the numbers showed "Nebraskans want a businessman and problem solver to represent them in the Senate."
The telephone poll was taken April 9 and 10 with 501 respondents who said they were likely GOP primary voters. It had a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.
The results were vehemently rejected by a spokesman for Stenberg, the longtime state officeholder and three-time Senate candidate who has been the presumed front-runner in the May 9 primary race.
"We think it's a last-ditch effort by a campaign which has spent millions on TV ads that, by all indications, aren't connecting with voters," said Stenberg aide Dan Parsons. |
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