posted July 24, 2006
A new poll released Monday by Zogby Interactive shows U.S. Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. opening a lead over Republican Bob Corker, the Ford campaign said.
Ford leads Corker 43.6% to 42.5% in the poll results, published on the Wall Street Journal website.
One month ago, the same poll showed Corker with a 1-point lead, 42.4 to 41.4 percent, and two months ago, Corker’s lead was four points at 43-39, Ford officials said.
"Voters are responding to Harold Ford Jr.'s call for a new generation of leadership to reach across party lines and get things done," said Ford campaign senior advisor Michael Powell. “On the other hand, the more Tennessee voters see of Bob Corker's untruthful advertising, the more they realize he is more of the same. And you can’t have change with more of the same.”
The new Zogby Interactive numbers show Ford in a dead heat in matchups with Republicans Ed Bryant and Van Hilleary. Ford officials said that represents a 17-point gain on Bryant and a 10-point gain on Hilleary since Zogby Interactive began polling Tennessee in September 2005.
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