Montana Senate: Tester leading Burns 50-43 percent

New encouraging poll out giving Jon Tester a seven-point lead (up from four) against Conrad Burns in Montana.

Missouri continues to be nick and tuck with McCaskill and Talent tied at 42% each.

www.rasmussenreports.com

The numbers still look good, but I thought the spread was larger before.

We've got some work to do here. But notice that between the May and July Rasmussen polls, Tester is gaining momentum and Burns is losing.

Senate:
MT Senate - 11 Jul - Rasmussen - D-Tester 50% / R-Burns 43%
MO Senate - 6 Jul - Rasmussen - D-McCaskill 42% / R-Talent 42%
NJ Senate - 23 Jun - Rutgers/Eagleton - D-Menendez 42% / R-Kean 38%
RI Senate - 22 Jun - Rhode Island College - D-Whitehouse 40% / R-Chafee 43%
VA Senate - 22 Jun - WSJ/Zogby - D-Jim Hunt 43.5% / R-George Allen 48.8%
NJ Senate - 21 Jun - Strategic Vision - D-Menendez 38% / R-Kean 36%
PA Senate - 21 Jun - Quinnipiac - D-Casey 52% / R-Santorum 34%
CT Senate - 8 Jun - Quinnipiac - D-Lamont 40% / ?-Lieberman 55%
MT Senate - 16 May - Rasmussen - D-Tester 48% / R-Burns 44%
OH Senate - 1 May - Mason-Dixon - D-Brown 36% / R-DeWine 47%
OH Senate - 24 Apr - Rasmussen - D-Brown 41% / R-DeWine 43%

House:
AZ-5 - 9 May - SurveyUSA - D-Mitchell 45% / R-Hayworth 50%
WA-8 - ????? - ????????? - Democrat 49% / R-Reichert 34%