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Early poll shows Moran-Tiahrt Senate race 'essentially tied'

Rep. Jerry Moran's Senate campaign claimed a fundraising victory last week over Rep. Todd Tiahrt in their race for the 2010 GOP nomination.

But results of a SurveyUSA poll conducted over the weekend for KCTV in Kansas City and KWCH in Wichita show "the race is essentially tied."

Moran received support from 39 percent of voters in the poll and tiahrt received 35 percent. About 26 percent of voters were undecided.

But the numbers in the Moran-Tiahrt contest suggest a tight race among several types of voters as both candidates try to rebuild their statewide profiles after serving several terms in the House. Moran, of Hays and a Kansas University graduate, represents the state's massive First District of western and north-central Kansas. Tiahrt, of Goddard and a former Boeing employee, represents the Wichita area and southeastern Kansas.

Moran received more support among northeastern and western Kansas voters, and Tiahrt had the edge in voters from the southeastern part of the state.

Moran received support from 42 percent of voters who are 50 or older compared to 33 percent for Tiahrt. Tiahrt had a 37 percent to 35 percent edge among voters ages 18 to 49.

Another indication of how close and how early it is in the race, Tiahrt received more support from voters who labeled themselves more conservation but also ones who said they were more liberal. Moran had a 45 percent to 20 percent lead among moderate voters.

The two House members are both running for the seat currently held by Sen. Sam Brownback, who is running for governor.

In that race, the same poll shows Brownback with a whopping 64 percent to 17 percent lead over Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh.

By George Diepenbrock

April 21, 2009

Congressional Briefing

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21 April 2009
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srj (Anonymous) says…

Nobody around here knows either one right now. All I know about them is the links between Tiahrt and Tom Delay.
21 April 2009
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dweezil222 (Anonymous) says…

I'll take Moran over Tiahrt any damn day of the week.
21 April 2009
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average (Anonymous) says…

May well have to register GOP for this one. Moran's pretty much alright, and I'm pretty sure that without Sebelius there's no one in the Dems quiver who would beat Tiahrt if he got the nomination.

Moran's victory probably requires a lot of unaffiliated and Dems registering GOP for the cycle, while doing it quietly enough to not lose more moderate-to-strict social conservatives than he gains.
21 April 2009
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chell (Anonymous) says…

I'm definitely registering GOP to vote for Moran here. He's done a lot for Kansas's economy in the House and he deserves to be in the Senate. Tiahrt isn't terrible either but he's not quite as skilled of a mover-and-shaker as Moran.
21 April 2009
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jackbinkelman (Anonymous) says…

Rep. Todd Tiahrt apologizes to Rush Limbaugh!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04…
22 April 2009
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benjammin37 (Ben Sauceda) says…

Go Todd Go! We can't leave out that Moran was 1 of 2 Ks. Rep's that voted for SCHIP. The other 1 was Dennis Moore. Next you have that he has stated that Obama is easier to work with than Bush. And we can't forget his recent activity of jumping on the unconstitutional bill of taxing the AIG execs 90%. Whew! This list about wore me out, but it seems that Jerry Moran is more in line with Dennis Moore and the Dems than with Todd Tiahrt, Lynn Jenkins, and the Republican party.