Rob Simmons
There have been rumblings that six-term Connecticut Sen.
Christopher Dodd may be vulnerable in 2010 and while some hypothetical match-ups by
Research 2000 show him ahead of three potential Republican challengers, one of those leads is by a less than impressive margin.
Dodd, plagued recently by fallout from the AIG executive bonus controversy, leads former Republican Rep. Rob Simmons, the state's Business Advocate, by 45 percent to 40 percent with 15 percent undecided in a poll conducted March 23-25. Simmons comes that close even though 41 percent don't know enough about him to have a favorable or unfavorable opinion. The margin of error is 4 points. Simmons polls 7 points higher among fellow Republicans than Dodd does among Democrats, and independents favor Simmons by 12 points.
Earlier this month, a Quinnipiac University poll had Dodd and Simmons in a statistical ties.
Dodd does better against state Sen. Sam Caliguri, leading him 51 percent to 30 percent with 19 percent undecided.
And he leads economist Lawrence Kudlow, now host of CNBC's "The Kudlow Report," by 53 percent to 31 percent with 16 percent undecided. However, Kudlow announced yesterday that he wasn't going to run.
Forty-seven percent have a favorable view of Dodd compared to 40 percent who don't, with 13 percent undecided.
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