FIRST POST-PRIMARY POLLS – AT 9:27 A.M. ET:  We're starting to see the first general-election polls, reflecting the matchups that grew out of Tuesday's primaries. 

Scott Rasmussen reports the following:

Newly chosen Republican nominee Dan Coats earns 51% support while his Democratic rival Brad Ellsworth’s attracts 36% in the first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the Indiana Senate race following Tuesday’s GOP Primary.

Six percent (6%) of likely voters in the state favor some other candidate. Eight percent (8%) remain undecided.

Looks solid.  The winner will replace retiring Democratic Senator Evan Bayh.

Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher emerged as the victor from Tuesday’s Democratic Primary, and now he and Republican nominee Rob Portman are in a virtual tie as Ohio’s U.S. Senate race begins in earnest.

A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in Ohio, taken on Wednesday, shows Fisher with 43% support and Portman with 42% of the vote. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and 11% remain undecided.

The survey also found that most Ohio voters favor repeal of the recently passed health care law. Most also favor a law dealing with immigration similar to the recently passed law in Arizona.

Disappointing.  Portman is a fine leader.  The seat is currently held by Republican George Voinovich, who is retiring.  I'd hate to see it lost.

May 8, 2010