Rory Reid, son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is running for governor. Although he polls well ahead of unpopular Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons, the young Reid stacks up poorly against two of the three Republican hopefuls, Rasmussen finds:
Republican frontrunner Brian Sandoval now has an 18-point lead over Democrat Rory Reid in Nevada’s gubernatorial race.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Nevada voters finds Reid, son of Senator Harry Reid, trailing Sandoval 53% to 35%. Seven percent (7%) prefer another candidate, while five percent (5%) are undecided.
Sandoval, a former Nevada attorney general and ex-U.S. District Court Judge, led Reid by 12 points – 45% to 33% – in Rasmussen Reports’ first look at the contest early last month.
Another GOP hopeful, North Las Vegas Mayor Mike Montandon, posts a 42% to 37% lead over Reid. In the previous survey, Reid led Montandon 40% to 36%. Thirteen percent (13%) like some other candidate, and eight percent (8%) are undecided.
Voters are often unkind to such familial ballot arrangements. In 2002, then-popular Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, R, ran for re-election alongside his wife, Janet, the Republican nominee for Secreatary of State. She lost badly, and he came under a great deal of criticism for the arrangement. His race became much closer than it might have otherwise been, in part because she was on the ballot.
