Some new numbers in the Arizona governor’s race from Rasmussen Reports:
Governor Jan Brewer is now running almost even with her leading challenger, State Treasurer Dean Martin, in Arizona’s Republican gubernatorial primary race.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely GOP Primary voters in the state finds Martin barely leading Brewer 31% to 29%. But 20% remain undecided.
Former state GOP Chairman John Munger captures seven percent (7%) of the vote, while Paradise Valley Mayor Vernon Parker, who dropped out of the governor’s race last week to run for Congress, earns five percent (5%) support. Eight percent (8%) of primary voters prefer some other candidate.
State Treasurer Dean Martin for now looks like the Republican who’s offering the biggest challenge to likely Democratic candidate Terry Goddard in Arizona’s race for governor.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely Arizona voters finds Martin with a nine-point lead over Goddard, 44% to 35%. In November, the race was a toss-up, with Goddard up by two. Given this match-up, six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate, and fourteen percent (14%) are undecided.
However, incumbent Governor Jan Brewer has improved her position as well. She has pulled to within two points of Goddard and trails just 43% to 41%. In the previous survey, the Democrat had a nine-point lead over the governor, 44% to 35%. Seven percent (7%) like some other candidate, and nine percent (9%) are undecided.
Both Republicans hold double-digit leads on Goddard among male voters. Goddard leads Brewer by 17 points but breaks even with Martin among female voters.
This article appears in Jan 21-27, 2010.
Dean Martin has neither the know-how nor the experience to lead our state in this time. Terry Goddard has the ability to actually work with others, come up with sensible solutions, and get us moving forward again in a stable, strong way. No more smoke and mirrors, which is what the current leadership in the Governor’s office, treasurer’s office and legislature keep offering us. They must believe we are totally stupid if they think we will vote for this nonsense again. Dean Martin should put his “vegas” act together now because he SHOULD not be Governor!
Solutions,
You’re nothing but a shill for the leftists in this state and you’re spreading lies. Dean Martin has served this state for about 10 years. He’s excelled at every position he’s held. He’s gotten “Hero of the Taxpayer” awards as well as brought unprecedented transparency to the Treasurer’s office. He was RECRUITED to clean up the mess left by Peterson in the Treasurer’s office. He’s fought for funding for an internal auditor and uncovered $26 million in missing funds that he forced Janet Incompetano to account for. He warned this state MONTHS before the housing bubble burst that is would be bleeding red ink and Incompetano failed to listen to him. How did he know the state would run into red ink? He developed a metric for comparing revenues to expenditures? He holds the record for both the greatest number of bills signed and vetoed by Incompetano.
What will Goddard do? Likely he’ll try to borrow and spend like the tools in D.C. Just listen to Sinema and Lujan and the other Dimocrat dolts constantly harping for more spending. That’s a recipe for financial disaster.
Martin will crush Brewer in the primary and then he’s going to beat the boring Goddard like a drum. Take that to Vegas and bet on it!