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To: Road Walker who wrote (308929)	11/3/2006 4:13:00 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575605

GOP losing ground in Idaho, poll finds By Dan Popkey McClatchy Newspapers BOISE, Idaho — Reflecting discontent with incumbents, the Iraq war and President Bush, Idaho voters have become restive in the waning days before the election and are turning toward Democratic candidates for the first time since the early 1990s, a new poll suggests. The poll by the Idaho Statesman and by the Boise ABC television affiliate shows that races for Congress, governor and state school superintendent essentially are tied. Now, the state with the nation's highest proportion of Republican legislators has a nail-biter election that will turn on last-minute advertising, debates and get-out-the-vote organization. "At this point in a typical campaign, Idaho Democrats are dispirited and looking for moral victories," said Jim Weatherby, a political scientist who has overseen polling at Boise State University. "This time, it looks like they may actually pull off some major victories." In interviews with 42 of 625 voters polled, the Statesman was told they want change largely because of disapproval of Bush and the Iraq war. Idaho GOP Chairman Kirk Sullivan said the national mood is hurting Republicans in the reddest of states. "Idaho has been rather immune to the attitude and mood of the public across the nation," he said. "But this time, based on the amount of coverage that appears to be anti-Bush and anti-war, I believe that attitude has invaded Idaho." Democrats haven't won a governor's race since 1990 or a congressional seat since 1992. In the governor's race, Republican U.S. Rep. Butch Otter leads Democratic newspaper owner Jerry Brady by a single percentage point. In Otter's 1st Congressional District, Republican state Rep. Bill Sali leads Democratic businessman Larry Grant by 2 percentage points for the seat that includes Boise and runs along the western boundary of the state north to Canada. In the race to oversee public schools, Democrat Jana Jones leads Republican Tom Luna by 3 percentage points. Because of the poll's margin of error, all three are statistical dead heats. A fourth race shows Republican Gov. Jim Risch is leading former U.S. Rep. Larry LaRocco by 9 percentage points for lieutenant governor. Vice President Dick Cheney, who campaigned for Sali in August, will stump in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, this week. seattletimes.nwsource.com