SHOCK POLL: Jim Graves (D) leading Michele Bachmann (R) in MN-6 PPP poll [View all]

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SHOCK POLL: Jim Graves (D) leading Michele Bachmann (R) in MN-6 PPP poll

by DownstateDemocrat

I just saw this on Talking Points Memo:

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.

Yes, you read that correctly...in a district that voted for Mitt Romney by double digits in last year's presidential race, Republican incumbent Michele Bachmann is trailing her Democratic challenger, Jim Graves, who is running against Bachmann again after narrowly losing to her last year, with a year and a half until the next election in the 6th Congressional District of Minnesota.

First, the reason why Bachmann barely won re-election to Congress last year is because she is an overt right-wing extremist who has a long history of making controversial statements.

Second, there is an ongoing ethics investigation into alleged illegal activity that went on in Bachmann's failed bid for the Republican Party's presidential nomination in 2012.

Michele Bachmann will have a real race on her hands in 2014, and we are on the verge of defeating Bachmann in her home district!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/20/1210416/-SHOCK-POLL-Jim-Graves-D-leaving-Michele-Bachmann-R-in-MN-6-PPP-poll