Democratic Challengers Hold Sizable Leads Over GOP Incumbent Senators in Arizona and North Carolina
Democratic candidates challenging incumbent Republican senators in the battleground states of North Carolina and Arizona have sizable leads less than two months ahead of the November 3 general election, new polling shows.
In Arizona, Democratic Senate candidate former Navy captain and astronaut Mark Kelly leads GOP Senator Martha McSally by 6 percentage points, with 51 percent support compared with 45 percent for the Republican incumbent, according to the polling conducted by CNBC/Change Research from September 4 to 6.
Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina trails his Democratic rival Cal Cunningham by 7 percentage points. The GOP incumbent was backed by just 44 percent of North Carolina voters as opposed to 51 percent who supported Cunningham.
Other recent polls out of Arizona show Kelly with an even wider lead of double-digits over McSally. A poll by Fox News carried out from August 29 to September 1 showed the Democratic candidate ahead by 17 points, with 56 percent support compared to the Republican incumbent's 39 percent. Polling by Emerson from August 8 to 10 showed Kelly ahead by 11 percent, backed by 52 percent of Arizona voters while McSally was supported by just 41 percent.
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