It appears Al Lawson’s momentum in CD-2 has run into a brick wall thanks to Mitt Romney’s high performance in the area. Romney is poised to gain at least 55% of the vote in this sprawling north Florida district based on early voting from the area. Lawson does have some crossover support, and the race …
Congressional Race Ratings – November 2: CD-2 Moved Read More »
Several changes today to our Congressional ratings. Unlike legislative races where we rate races based on feel and on the ground intelligence, we are rating congressional races based on public polling which is available in most races. Thus we’re instituting a clear criteria beginning today. If a race is within four points either way in …
A few days ago, we mentioned how the attack ads against Steve Southerland started. Now, it seems as if the DCCC is on board and doing a last minute advertising blitz for Al Lawson. As with the previous commercial, this one stresses the cuts in Medicare as well as giving tax breaks for the rich. …
DCCC launches another ad against Southerland. Do they see blood in the water? Read More »
CD 2 Moved to Toss Up National political analysts long ago wrote of the chances for the Democrats to pick up this seat but as we’ve reported for weeks, Democrat Al Lawson has had lots of momentum on the ground despite the general trend against Democrats at all other levels across the state. Recent polling …
Congressional Race Ratings – October 21: A Look at the Five Closest Races Read More »
Three weeks ago we downgraded former Senate Minority Leader Al Lawson’s chances of defeating Congressman Steve Southerland in the Tallahassee based 2nd Congressional District. But since then Lawson has surged more more quickly and quietly than just about any Congressional candidate in the country. The local popularity of Lawson, combined with a stronger than expected …
For a man without a party, former Governor Charlie Crist is certainly in demand these days among Democrats. Crist was campaigning yesterday for former Florida Senate Minority Leader Al Lawson, who is locked in a four way Democratic Primary battle for the right to challenge freshman Republican Steve Southerland (R-Panama City) in Congressional District 2’s …
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