(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many voters in the Grand Canyon State would give Jon Kyl a new term in the United States Senate, according to a poll by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University released by KAET-TV. 50 per cent of respondents would support the Republican in a head-to-head contest against Democratic challenger Jim Pederson.
(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many voters in the Grand Canyon State would give Jon Kyl a new term in the United States Senate, according to a poll by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University released by KAET-TV. 50 per cent of respondents would support the Republican in a head-to-head contest against Democratic challenger Jim Pederson.
Kyl was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1994, and earned a new six-year term in 2000, defeating three independent candidates with 79 per cent of all cast ballots. Kyl had previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995.
Pederson co-founded the commercial development firm The Pederson Group, and acted as the Democratic Party’s chairman in Arizona from 2001 to 2005.
Earlier this year, Kyl and Republican Texas senator John Cornyn issued a proposal to deal with immigration. The plan calls for a series of border enforcement measures, as well as the mandatory electronic verification of a worker’s eligibility.
The election to the U.S. Senate is scheduled for November 2006.
Polling Data
As you probably know, Republican U.S. senator Jon Kyl will be up for re-election and will most likely run against former state Democratic chairman Jim Pederson. In that race will you probably vote for Kyl or Pederson?
Jon Kyl (R) | 50% |
Jim Pederson (D) | 28% |
Undecided | 22% |
Source: Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University / KAET-TV
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 385 registered Arizona voters, conducted from Oct. 20 to Oct. 23, 2005. Margin of error is 5 per cent.
