Ford poll shows he leads by 6 points
2006-09-26
Source: The Nashville City Paper
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rss feedDemocratic U.S. Senate nominee Harold Ford Jr.'s campaign released its own internal poll Monday, which claimed they have a six-point lead over Republican Bob Corker.
The poll, which surveyed 605 likely registered voters from Sept. 21-23, has U.S. Rep. Ford (D-Memphis) leading Corker 45 percent to 39 percent with 17 percent undecided. Margin for error was 3.9 percent.
Michael Powell, senior advisor to the Ford campaign, said the poll shows Corker's negative attacks on Ford have actually hurt the former Chattanooga Mayor. Plus, Powell said Gov. Phil Bredesen's popularity has also aided Ford.
"What the poll reflects is that in a year when Tennessee voters are looking for change, Bob Corker has spent the last month along with the RNC of spending $3 million in negative ads that slander Congressman Ford, scare voters, and provide no insight to the kind of campaign that Mr. Corker?s running on," said Michael Powell, senior advisor to the Ford campaign.
Ben Mitchell, Corker's campaign manager, disagreed that the Corker campaign was down six points.
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