Morning Digest: Amid dueling polls, Gideon demolishes Collins in fundraising
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. LeadMorning Digest: Amid dueling polls, Gideon demolishes Collins in fundraising
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Leading Off ● ME-Sen: We have two new polls of the Maine Senate race, and they show very different outcomes for the November general election. Last week, the NRSC unveiled a survey from Moore Information that showed Republican incumbent Susan Collins beating state House Speaker Sara Gideon, who is the heavy favorite to win the July 14 Democratic primary, by a wide 45-37 margin. However, it’s notable that the GOP’s numbers still found Collins, a longtime incumbent who has pulled off landslide victories in her three previous re-election contests, in the mid-40s. That could be especially bad news for the Republicans because Maine uses instant-runoff voting for this contest, so Collins can’t win with just a plurality; it’s also possible that supporters of third-party and independent candidates may break disproportionately against the four-term senator after their first choice is eliminated. Meanwhile on Monday, the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling released a survey giving Gideon a 47-43 edge, which is identical to what they found back in early March. PPP also showed Joe Biden carrying Maine 53-42, while the NRSC did not publicize any presidential numbers. Read more