Governor 2010

Arizona
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/17; surveyed 1,000 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.1%. Subsample of 541 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.2% (release, 5/19). Tested: Gov. Jan Brewer (R), Treas. Dean Martin (R), NRA board member/firearms training center owner Owen "Buz" Mills (R) and ex-state GOP Chair John Munger (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

-           Now 4/13 3/16
J. Brewer   45% 26%  20%
B. Mills    18  18   19
D. Martin   18  12   21
J. Munger    3  14   10
Other        3   6    7
Undec       13  24   23

Fav/Unfav (GOPers)

-           Now     4/13    3/16    11/18
J. Brewer   80%/17% 49%/41% 52%/44% 54%/40%
D. Martin   45 /24  37 /21  54 /14  60 /10
B. Mills    44 /27  40 /19  43 /12   n/a
J. Munger   19 /35  18 /23  37 /26  28 /22

Brewer As Gov.

-           Now 4/27 4/15 4/13 3/16 1/20 11/18 9/24 7/21 5/09
Approve     64% 56%  40%  48%  41%  37%  39%   37%  48%  51%
Disapprove  35  42   56   51   55   60   57    57   48   45

California
A Public Policy Institute Of CA poll; conducted 5/9-16; surveyed 1,168 LVs; margin of error +/- 2.9%. Subsample of 411 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.8% (release, 5/20). Tested: AG/ex-Gov. Jerry Brown (D), Insurance Commis. Steve Poizner (R) and ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

-           All Men Wom 3/16 1/19
M. Whitman  38% 41% 36% 61%  41%
S. Poizner  29  29  29  11   11
Other        2   3   1   3    4
Undec       31  27  34  25   44

General Election Matchups

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/16 1/19 12/8
J. Brown    45% 74% 12% 40% 42% 47% 46%  44%  47%
S. Poizner  32  10  65  27  37  27  31   29   31
Undec       23  16  23  33  21  26  23   27   21

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/16 1/19 12/8
J. Brown    42% 70% 10% 38% 40% 45% 39%  41%  43%
M. Whitman  37  16  69  34  42  33  44   36   37
Undec       21  14  21  28  18  22  17   23   20

How Closely Are You Following News About Candidates For The GOV Election?

-                   Now 3/16 1/19 12/8
Very closely        21% 17%  11%  10%
Fairly closely      46  46   34   33
Not too closely     27  28   42   36
Not at all closely   6   8   12   20

Colorado
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 5/14-16; surveyed 1,060 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.0% (release, 5/20). Party ID breakdown: 37%D, 33%R, 31%I. Tested: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) and ex-Rep. Scott McInnis (R).

General Election Matchup

-                All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/8
J. Hickenlooper  44% 78%  9% 42% 39% 49% 50%
S. McInnis       44  11  79  46  52  36  39
Undec            12  11  12  12   9  14  11

Fav/Unfav

-                All     Dem     GOP     Ind     3/8
J. Hickenlooper  47%/33% 73%/12% 21%/57% 44%/34% 51%/27%
S. McInnis       31 /30  14 /42  53 /15  29 /30  28 /27

Georgia
An InsiderAdvantage (IVR) poll; conducted 5/18; surveyed 423 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.8% (release, 5/19). Tested: Rep. Nathan Deal (09), Sec/State Karen Handel, state Sen. Eric Johnson, radio/TV ad producer Ray McBerry, Insurance Commis. John Oxendine and Wal-mart worker Otis Putnam.

Primary Election Matchup

-             Now 4/5 2/28 2/9 5/13
J. Oxendine   23% 26% 27%  25% 21%
K. Handel     15  18  13   10   9
N. Deal       14   9   9    9  11
E. Johnson     5   5   7    7   3
J. Chapman     2  n/a n/a  n/a n/a
R. McBerry     2  n/a n/a  n/a n/a
O. Putnam      0  n/a n/a  n/a n/a
Others        n/a 11   8    4   6
Undec         39  31  36   45  50

Minnesota
A MN Public Radio News/Humphrey Institute poll; conducted 5/13-16; surveyed 701 adults; margin of error +/- 3.7%. Subsample of 246 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.2% (release, 5/19). Tested: State House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher (D), ex-Sen. Mark Dayton (D), atty/ex-state House Min. Leader Matt Entenza (D), state Rep. Tom Emmer (R) and Tom Horner (IP).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)

M. Dayton             38%
M. Anderson Kelliher  28
M. Entenza             6
Undec                 28

General Election Matchups

T. Emmer              31%
M. Anderson Kelliher  29
T. Horner             10
Undec                 30

M. Dayton             35%
T. Emmer              31
T. Horner              9
Undec                 25

T. Emmer              32%
M. Entenza            28
T. Horner             11
Undec                 29

South Carolina
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/17; surveyed 931 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 3.2% (release, 5/20). Tested: Rep. Gresham Barrett (03), LG André Bauer, state Rep. Nikki Haley and AG Henry McMaster.

Primary Election Matchup

N. Haley     30%
H. McMaster  19
G. Barrett   17
A. Bauer     12
Other         3
Undec        18

Fav/Unfav

N. Haley     60%/14%
H. McMaster  59 /19
G. Barrett   52 /23
A. Bauer     42 /49

Obama As POTUS

Approve      10%
Disapprove   90

Sanford As Gov.

Approve      63%
Disapprove   37