Civil Beat Poll - Case, Hirono Neck-and-Neck for U.S. Senate Nomination

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By John Temple 01/30/2012

Ed Case and Mazie Hirono are in a dogfight to win the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Daniel Akaka, according to a new Civil Beat Poll.

The race is a dead heat, the poll found. The gap between the two candidates, one a sitting congresswoman from Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District, the other a former representative of that district, is within the poll's margin of error of +/- 2.7 percent.

The automated telephone survey of 1,358 likely voters found Case at 41 percent, Hirono at 39 percent, with 8 percent saying neither candidate and 12 percent still unsure. The poll was conducted on January 18 and 19.

Akaka, 87, announced in March that he would not run for a fourth time, setting the stage for a rare race for an open U.S. Senate seat in Hawaii. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, also 87, was first elected to the Senate in 1962. The last time Hawaii had an open U.S. Senate seat was in 1976.

http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2012/01/30/14720-civil-beat-poll-case-hirono-neck-and-neck-for-us-senate-nomination/

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