The latest Rasmussen Report shows Mark Warner continuing to maintain a commanding lead over Jim Gilmore in the 2008 Senate Race:
In the 2008 race for Virginia’s open U.S. Senate seat, a Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds Democrat Mark Warner leading Republican Jim Gilmore 53% to 37%. Both men are former Governors of Virginia and both considered running for their party’s 2008 Presidential nomination. Warner dropped out before the campaigning really began while Gilmore hung around long enough to participate in a few early GOP debates.
Warner leads by seven percentage points among men and nineteen points among women.
The current survey results are similar to those from last month, just before Warner officially entered the race. At that time, Virginia Congressman Tom Davis was also considering the race, but he has since opted out.
Yes, things can change significantly over the course of a year, but given the fact that 2008 looks to be a bad year for Republicans nationally, this isn’t a good starting point for the GOP
October 31st, 2007 at 7:09 am
[…] addition to releasing a new poll on the 2008 Virginia Senate race, Rasmussen has also released a poll on the state of the Presidential race in Virginia, and […]