Poll Shows Bachmann Trailing In Re-Election Bid

[DonViejo]

TOM KLUDT 10:45 AM EDT, MONDAY MAY 20, 2013

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) could be in for an extremely tight re-election contest next year if a poll released Monday is any indication.

The latest survey from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling showed Democratic hotel magnate Jim Graves edging Bachmann among voters in Minnesota' Sixth Congressional District 47 percent to 45 percent. Graves announced recently that he will challenge Bachmann once again next year after falling to the tea party champion in a close race last year.

Facing a campaign finance investigation, Bachmann has been pegged as one of the leading Democratic targets in 2014. The poll, which was reported on by Politico, was conducted May 15 using automated phone interviews with 500 voters. It has a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.

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[Cirque du So-What]

1. All that pressure

may goad Ms. Bachmann into saying something crazy



ya think?

[DCKit]

3. You gotta duck for that?

Rep. Cukucoo cha choo doesn't need you to feel embarrassed for her.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. The 'duck'

was for belaboring the obvious.

[DCKit]

5. Bachmann be laboring to ensure you never run out of material. nt

[hrmjustin]

2. The fact that this is close is scary.

[Sunlei]

6. Can not believe she won the last time, was close. Someone should cross check every vote.

county by county.

[Blue Owl]

9. I agree

As crazy as her district is, I just can't believe there are THAT many people who are THAT CRAZY.

Anyone who would trust a republican these days hasn't been paying attention.

[Daniel537]

11. I still can't believe she won in 2008.

If she could survive that, she can survive anything. That district seems to love batshit.

[onehandle]

7. Just like polls in the past. The massive amount of cash she 'earns' will erase that lead. nt

[kairos12]

8. She is already buying up air time for 2014

[Jamaal510]

10. So Jim Graves

plans on challenging her again? I hope that he's able to get some payback, but it's of course going to be tough in such a heavily gerrymandered area.

[BlueDemKev]

12. Pathetic that it's even CLOSE

I know that MN-6 is highly conservative, but can't they find another Republican who isn't such an embarrassment to their party to run against Bachmann in the primary?

[Addison]

13. But they figure if it ain't broke, why fix it