AK-PPP: Begich Looking Good

[Talleyrand]

Excellent news! These are definitely decent numbers, considering Begich has often been considered one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents out here. He's still very much in the woods, but now it's abundantly clear he has a clear path to victory. This is something I would now rate Tossup/Tilt D tentatively rather than Tilt R/Lean R, but I'll wait for another poll to get confirmation.

And Lief, I know that's happened in recent cycles, including last year, but in 2008, I think Democrats massively underperformed their polling, but that may have been an outlier resulting from the Palin pick.

[Talleyrand]

This is also pretty great news from that poll:

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I'm glad my favorite Senate Republican is still doing well.

We need her around in the Senate since she strikes me as one of the few remaining Republican moderates who are genuine, if not the last.