A recent poll shows a tight race for Senate in 2010.
The survey by Research 2000 for the liberal Web site Daily Kos shows Republican Sen. Richard Burr with 45 percent support and Attorney General Roy Cooper with 43 percent. Twelve percent were undecided.
Cooper, a Democrat, is considered a front runner for the Democratic nomination for Senate.
The pollsters also found that Burr had 46 percent support when matched with former state Treasurer Richard Moore, another potential candidate, who had 40 percent.
"Unsurprisingly, Moore's numbers aren't quite as strong as Cooper's — while Cooper was handily reelected as Attorney General in 2008, Moore suffered a loss in a rather acrimonious primary for Governor," writes a Daily Kos blogger.
Neither Moore nor Cooper have said whether they would run. Another potential candidate, Democratic Congressman Heath Shuler, was not included in the poll.
The survey of 600 likely voters was taken from Jan. 5-7. The margin of error is plus or minus four percentage points.
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Re: Burr 45, Cooper 43
Dude, you're like one of three Republicans left in this state.
And it's just you three that come here to make those brilliant comments that you do on the actual N&O articles since they're mainly about incumbents, and those are mainly Democrats. The rest of us just come here to make fun of you.
Now you know.
Don't let the door hit ya where Linda Daves split ya!