'Akin 2.0' Leads GOP Pack By Double Digits In Georgia Senate Race

Source: TPM

DANIEL STRAUSS – MARCH 10, 2014, 3:43 PM EDT

Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) has a double digit lead in the Republican Senate primary, a new poll found.

The Public Policy Polling survey released Monday found Broun with 27 percent support among Republican primary voters. Rep. Phil Gingrey comes in next with 14 percent support and then Rep. Jack Kingston with 13 percent, businessman David Perdue with 12 percent and former Secretary of State Karen Handel with 9 percent.

PPP also found the 23 percent of those surveyed either said they were unsure or would vote for someone else.

Broun is one of the more candidates known for making outrageous statements in the 2014 election cycle. He called scientific theories of evolution and the big bang "lies straight from the pit of hell" and also more recently wondered why a person who looked "Middle Eastern" was not given a pat down at the airport.

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Poll: Dem Michelle Nunn Tied With Leading GOPer For GA Senate Seat

DANIEL STRAUSS – MARCH 10, 2014, 4:03 PM EDT425
Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA), the leading Republican in the field, is tied with Democrat Michelle Nunn in a general election matchup in the Georgia Senate race, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey released Monday.

Broun had the best matchup of any of the Georgia Republican candidates polled in the primary. Nunn and Broun are tied with 38 percent support each in a head-to-head matchup. Twenty-four percent of those surveyed said they were unsure who to support.

Nunn meanwhile holds small leads over the other GOP contenders in direct matchups in the race. In a matchup with Rep. Phil Gingrey, Nunn leads 42 percent to 40 percent. Against former Secretary of State Karen Handel, Nunn gets 43 percent while Handel gets 39 percent. And in a general election matchup between Nunn and Rep. Jack Kingston, Nunn gets 44 percent and Kingston gets 41 percent, the poll found.

The poll was conducted from March 5 to March 6 among 580 Georgia voters.

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