Stabenow Widens Lead Over Hoekstra

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February 14, 2012

Stabenow Widens Lead Over Hoekstra


A new Public Policy Polling survey in Michigan finds Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) with her biggest lead yet in four polls of the U.S. Senate race.

Stabenow leads Pete Hoekstra (R) by 14 points, 51% to 37%, and has an even wider 17 point lead over Clark Durant (R), 50% to 33%.

Key finding: "Hoekstra appears to have been damaged by his controversial Super Bowl ad. 54% of voters in the state were familiar with it, and within that group 45% said it made them less likely to vote for him compared to only 16% who considered it a positive and 37% who said it didn't make a difference to them either way."