Menendez maintains his lead
2006-10-31
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rss feedSen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., holds a slight lead over Republican Tom Kean Jr. in their Senate race with just over a week left before Election Day, according to results of a new poll published yesterday.
Menendez, a Democrat, leads Kean 48-42 percent, according to a poll of 600 likely voters published yesterday in The Record of Bergen County.
Thirty percent of voters said the Iraq war was the most important issue in deciding their vote, while voters also want to see Democrats rather than Republicans control Congress by a margin of 53-35 percent.
President Bush remains unpopular, with only 37 percent saying he was doing an excellent or good job. Menendez's campaign strategy has been dominated by efforts to tie Kean to Bush administration policies, while Kean has painted Menendez as a corrupt politician.
"Any other political year, I think the Republicans win that seat," said pollster Del Ali of Research 2000, the Rockville, Md., firm that conducted the survey. "The only thing saving Menendez is the climate out there."
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