A Rasmussen Reports poll of the Colorado gubernatorial race finds that Democratic nominee John Hickenlooper is only four percentage points ahead of Tom Tancredo, the Constitution Party nominee. See here. The Republican nominee, Dan Maes, is at 12%; Hickenlooper is at 42%; Tancredo is at 38%; other candidates are polling 2%; and 6% of the voters are undecided.
Three of the candidates for U.S. Senate from Florida will debate each other on October 15. They are Republican Marco Rubio, Democrat Kendrick Meek, and independent candidate Charlie Crist, the incumbent Governor.
Alex Snitker, the Libertarian nominee, has been pressing repeatedly to be invited into one of the U.S. Senate debates, and Crist has said he wants Snitker to be invited. But the major party nominees do not wish Snitker to be invited. The October 15 debate will be the third for these three candidates, and they plan three more debates after October 15.
On October 14, all three candidates for Governor of Georgia debated each other. See this story. The candidates are Republican Nathan Deal, Democrat Roy Barnes, and Libertarian John Monds.
Georgia provides for a run-off general election if no one gets 50% in November. Monds was asked who he would vote for if there is a run-off between the two major party nominees. He refused to say.
Students for Liberty, and Free & Equal, are sponsoring a gubernatorial debate and inviting all six candidates who are on the California ballot. It is expected that the nominees of the American Independent, Green, Libertarian, and Peace & Freedom Parties will attend. It would be a pleasant surprise if either the Democratic nominee or the Republican nominee also attend. The debate is at California State University at Sacramento. The date is October 28, but the exact hour, and the room, are not yet set.
On October 14, a U.S. Senate debate was held in West Virginia. Participants included three of the four candidates on the ballot: Republican John Raese , Mountain Party nominee Jesse Johnson, and Constitution Party nominee Jeff Becker. See this story. The Democratic nominee, Joe Manchin, did not attend, but he did provide written answers to the debate questions.
All four candidates will debate on October 18; see this story. That debate will be televised and will be the first televised debate in West Virginia that includes a minor party debating major party opponents. Thanks to the commenters for improving the accuracy of this post.
