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Tennessee U.S. Senate: Corker 51%, Ford 46%
- Bob Corker could win Tennessee's election to the United States Senate, according to the latest poll by SurveyUSA. 51 per cent of respondents in the Volunteer State would vote for the Republican, while 46 per cent would support Democrat Harold Ford.
An early November survey by Rasmussen Reports gave Corker a four-point lead over Ford.
Republican Bill Frist was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1994, and earned a new six-year term in 2000, defeating Democrat Jeff Clark with 66 per cent of all cast ballots. Frist did not seek re-election this year, and has been mentioned as a possible presidential nominee for the GOP in 2008.
Ford has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997. In 2000, Ford was the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention.
Corker served as mayor of Chattanooga from 2001 to 2005. He had launched a Senate bid in 1994, but lost in the Republican primary to Frist.
On Aug. 3, Corker and Ford won their respective primaries. Corker won the GOP contest with 48 per cent of the vote, defeating former congressmen Ed Bryant and Van Hilleary. Ford had been expected to face state senator Rosalind Kurita in the Democratic primary, but she dropped out of the race in early April.
The election to the U.S. Senate will take place today. Tennessee has not elected a Democrat to the upper house since Al Gore in 1990.
Polling Data
Election 2006 - Tennessee U.S. Senate
Candidates: Bob Corker (R), Harold Ford Jr. (D)
Corker (R) | Ford (D) | Date | Methodology | MofE | |
SurveyUSA | 51% | 46% | Nov. 1-4 | Phone, 877 LV | 4.0 |
Rasmussen Reports | 51% | 47% | Nov. 4 | Phone, 500 LV | 4.5 |
Gallup | 49% | 46% | Nov. 1-4 | Phone, 877 LV | 4.0 |
Mason-Dixon | 50% | 38% | Nov. 1-3 | Phone, 625 LV | 4.0 |
Rasmussen Reports | 53% | 45% | Nov. 2 | Phone, 500 LV | 4.5 |
Zogby / Reuters | 53% | 43% | Oct. 24-31 | Phone, 600 LV | 4.0 |
Rasmussen Reports | 49% | 47% | Oct. 30 | Phone, 500 LV | 4.5 |
Opinion Research Corporation | 52% | 44% | Oct. 26-29 | Phone, 541 LV | 4.0 |
Zogby Interactive | 49% | 48% | Oct. 23-27 | Online, 905 LV | 3.3 |
Hamilton Beattie & Staff | 45% | 47% | Oct. 21-24 | Phone, 800 LV | 3.3 |
Rasmussen Reports | 47% | 46% | Oct. 23 | Phone, 500 LV | 4.5 |
SurveyUSA | 48% | 48% | Oct. 22-24 | Phone, 780 LV | 3.4 |
Bloomberg / LA Times | 49% | 44% | Oct. 20-23 | Phone, 515 LV | 4.0 |
Mason-Dixon | 45% | 43% | Oct. 18-20 | Phone, 625 LV | 4.0 |
Zogby Interactive | 49% | 42% | Oct. 10-16 | Online, 906 LV | 3.3 |
Rasmussen Reports | 46% | 48% | Oct. 11 | Phone, 500 LV | 4.5 |
SurveyUSA | 48% | 46% | Oct. 7-9 | Phone, 539 LV | 4.2 |
Hamilton Beattie & Staff | 44% | 51% | Oct. 2-4 | Phone, 800 LV | 3.3 |
Zobgy / Reuters | 40% | 40% | Sept. 25-Oct. 2 | Phone, 604 LV | 4.5 |
Gallup | 45% | 50% | Sept. 27-Oct. 1 | Phone, 598 LV | 5.0 |
Rasmussen Reports | 43% | 48% | Sept. 28-Oct. 1 | Phone, 500 LV | 4.5 |
MTSU | 43% | 42% | Sept. 19-30 | Phone, 549 LV | 4.0 |
SurveyUSA | 45% | 48% | Sept. 9-11 | Phone, 638 LV | 4.0 |
Rasmussen | 45% | 44% | Sept. 5 | Phone, 500 LV | 4.5 |
LV: Likely voters
RV: Registered voters
Ad: Adults
MofE: Margin of error