Quinnipiac University is out this morning with new Presidential numbers for the state of Iowa that shows Rand Paul is a stronger Republican than Marco Rubio in 2016.

PRESIDENT – IOWA (Quinnipiac)

Hillary (D) 48% Marco Rubio (R) 37% Marco Rubio (R) 40% Joe Biden (D) 39%

Hillary (D) 46% Rand Paul (R) 42% Rand Paul (R) 44% Joe Biden (D) 39%

This poll was done May 15-21 among 1411 registered voters.

Public Policy Polling has more from their poll in Minnesota that shows Mark Dayton well on his way to another term as Governor.

GOVERNOR – MINNESOTA (PPP)
Mark Dayton (D-inc) 51%
Kirk Daudt (R) 39%

Mark Dayton (D-inc) 52%
Tom Emmer (R) 39%

Mark Dayton (D-inc) 51%
David Hann (R) 36%

Mark Dayton (D-inc) 52%
Scot Honour (R) 34%

Mark Dayton (D-inc) 52%
Jeff Johnson (R) 34%

Mark Dayton (D-inc) 51%
Julie Rosen (R) 34%

Mark Dayton (D-inc) 51%
David Thompson (R) 35%

Mark Dayton (D-inc) 53%
Kurt Zellers (R) 35%

This poll was done May 17-19 among 712 registered voters. More news from PPP, they will be polling the gubernatorial race in Virginia in the wake of the Republican Party of Virginia disastrous convention.

Remember when Emerson College showed the gap in the US Senate race between Ed Markey and Gabriel Gomez in the single digits? Well their new poll out this afternoon shows Markey now up by double digits.

US SENATE – MASSACHUSETTS (Emerson)
Ed Markey (D) 45%
Gabriel Gomez (R) 33%

This poll was done May 20-22 among 867 registered voters. Meanwhile, Scott Rasmussen gave us new numbers for the Mayoral race in New York City that has Christine Quinn up by 6% over Anthony Weiner in the Democratic primary.

MAYOR – NEW YORK CITY (Rasmussen)
Christine Quinn 24%
Anthony Weiner 18%
You Have To Pay For The Others

Rasmussen decided that he would make you pay him to see the other candidates in this poll as they are behind his pay wall. This poll was done May 21-22 among 745 registered Democrats.

This morning, as promised, Quinnipiac University released their first statewide poll for the state of Iowa and it shows the current sitting Republican Governor with a decent job approval rating, but the state is more split on whether he deserves re-election.

IOWA GOVERNOR TERRY BRANSTAD – JOB APPROVAL (Quinnipiac)
Approve 49%
Disapprove 31%

IOWA GOVERNOR TERRY BRANSTAD – DESERVE RE-ELECTION (Quinnipiac)
No/Does Not 43%
Yes/Does 42%

This poll was done May 15-21 among 1411 registered voters. As I expected yesterday, there are no electoral match ups included in today’s release.

Public Policy Polling has a new poll out for the state of North Carolina this afternoon that shows the Republican candidates closing the gap slightly with Democrat Kay Hagan, including Cherie Berry moving into a tie with her.

US SENATE – NORTH CAROLINA (PPP)
Kay Hagan (D-inc) 46%
Phil Berger (R) 42%

Kay Hagan (D-inc) 45%
Cherie Berry (R) 45%

Kay Hagan (D-inc) 49%
Greg Brannon (R) 40%

Kay Hagan (D-inc) 48%
Jim Cain (D) 41%

Kay Hagan (D-inc) 48%
Renee Ellmers (R) 39%

Kay Hagan (D-inc) 46%
Mark Harris (R) 40%

Kay Hagan (D-inc) 49%
Virginia Foxx (R) 42%

Kay Hagan (D-inc) 48%
Thom Tillis (R) 41%

Kay Hagan (D-inc) 48%
Lynn Wheeler (R) 37%

US SENATE – NORTH CAROLINA – GOP PRIMARY (PPP)
Virginia Foxx 15%
Cherie Berry 14%
Renee Ellmers 10%
Phil Berger 10%
Greg Brannon 7%
Thom Tillis 6%
Jim Cain 4%
Mark Harris 3%
Lynn Wheeler 3%

This poll was done May 17-20 among 500 registered voters. We also have this preview from Quinnipiac University about the information they will have in a new poll they will be releasing tomorrow.

It doesn’t look like we will see any electoral numbers.

Now that Anthony Weiner has jumped in, we have a new poll from Quinnipiac University showing him in second place among New York City Democrats behind Christine Quinn in the race for Mayor.

MAYOR – NEW YORK CITY – DEM PRIMARY (Quinnipiac)
Christine Quinn 25%
Anthony Weiner 15%
Bill Thompson 10%
Bill de Blasio 10%
John Liu 6%
Sal Albanese 2%

I guess we will see whether New York Democrats have higher standards for their politicians than South Carolina Republicans. This poll was done May 14-20 among 1082 registered voters.

We have two, yes two, new polls for the state of Michigan this evening. We have a General Election poll from EPIC-MRA that shows Democrat Gary Peters leading Republican Mike Rogers in the US Senate race while Rick Snyder and Mark Schauer are tied in the gubernatorial race.

US SENATE – MICHIGAN (EPIC-MRA)
Gary Peters (D) 37%
Mike Rogers (R) 30%

GOVERNOR – MICHIGAN (EPIC-MRA)
Rick Snyder (R-inc) 39%
Mark Schauer (D) 39%

This poll was done May 11-15 among likely voters. Meanwhile, a primary poll from outfits called Murray Communications, Portable Insights, and Combat Data has Rogers ahead of the Republican field in the US Senate race.

US SENATE – MICHIGAN – GOP PRIMARY (MCPICD)
Mike Rogers 36%
Terri Lynn Land 29%
Justin Amash 10%
Kurt Dykstra 10%
Roger Kahn 5%
Pete Lund 5%
Rob Steele 3%
Saul Anuzis 1%
Jim Murray 1%

This poll was done May 20th among 1158 registered voters.

As indicated yesterday, Public Policy Polling’s new poll for the state of Minnesota shows Al Franken with an almost solid lock for re-election.

US SENATE – MINNESOTA (PPP)
Al Franken (D-inc) 55%
Michele Bachmann (R) 38%

Al Franken (D-inc) 54%
Jason Lewis (R) 37%

Al Franken (D-inc) 51%
Mike McFadden (R) 36%

Al Franken (D-inc) 52%
Julianne Ortman (R) 35%

Al Franken (D-inc) 52%
Julie Rosen (R) 36%

Al Franken (D-inc) 51%
Rich Stanek (R) 36%

This poll was done May 17-19 among 712 registered voters. We also have this from the head of Quinnipiac Polling.

And you thought thing weren’t bad enough for Republicans in Virginia, they are only going to get worse….

Survey USA has put out a new poll for tomorrow’s Mayoral election in Los Angeles and it shows Eric Garcetti regaining the lead over Wendy Greuel.

MAYOR – LOS ANGELES (Survey USA)/u>
Eric Garcetti 49%
Wendy Greuel 44%

Both are Democrats, but it appears Republican voters are favoring Garcetti over Grueul. This poll was done May 15-18 among 573 likely and actual voters. We also have this teaser from Public Policy Polling on their new poll for Minnesota.

Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. We have a new poll from Public Policy Polling this morning claiming Republican Congresswomen Michele Bachmann is only up by 2% down 2% against Jim Graves in her congressional district in Minnesota.

US HOUSE – MINNESOTA – CD6 (PPP)
Jim Graves (D) 47%
Michele Bachmann (R-inc) 45%

The poll was done May 15th among 500 registered voters. There is also a new state poll from Siena College for the state of New York showing Governor Andrew Cuomo’s re-elect number standing at 55%.

GOVERNOR – NEW YORK (Siena)
Re-Elect Cuomo 55%
Prefer Someone Else 36%

This poll was done May 13-16 among 623 registered voters.