Eye on the Senate: Voters Divided on Boxer, But She Still Has The Edge

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Three term Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer holds comfortable leads in match-ups against potential GOP challengers in 2010, but voters are almost evenly divided when asked if they want to re-elect her, according to a Field Poll conducted Feb. 20 - March 1.

While Field says 44 percent are not inclined to back her again compared to 43 percent who are, it notes that these numbers are better than they were the last two times she ran and that she eventually won by comfortable margins.

She leads Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger 54 percent to 30 percent and former Hewlett Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina by 55 percent to 25 percent.

In a hypothetical Republican primary to choose a candidate to run against Boxer, Schwarzenegger leads Fiorina 31 percent to 24 percent with Assemblyman Chuck DeVore polling 9 percent. If Schwarzenegger doesn't run, Fiorina would lead DeVore 31 percent to 19 percent. But in either case, these match-ups should be take n with a grain of salt because both scenarios have huge undecided numbers.

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