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A new poll released by Quinnipiac University Tuesday shows Democratic Senate candidate Beto O Rourke down nine point stanley cup spain s in his race against Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Fifty-four percent of likely voters said that they would support Cruz in the election, compared to 45 percent who said they would support O Rourke.The two candidates have overwhelming support within their parties: 94 percent of Republicans would vote for Cruz, and 94 percent of Democrats would vote for O Rourke. Independent voters support O Rourke by 51 percent. O Rourke also has the youth vote, as a majority of voters between 18 and 39 would support him. Ninety-seven percent of black voters are also in favor of O Rourke, and 54 percent of Hispanic voters are supporting him.However, Cruz has wide margins of support among white voters. A majority of Cruz voters said that the economy and gun policy were the most important issues to them in the election. O Rourke is a supporter of gun control. A majority of O Rourke voters said that the most important issues to them were health care and the Supreme Court. Cruz voted to repeal and replace the Affordable Ca stanley becher re Act. He is also a critical vote in the potential confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. vaso stanley A recent NBC News/Marist College poll found O Rourke only four points behind Cruz, trailing him with 45 percent to Cruz s 49 percent.The race has garnered national attention due to O Rourke s charismatic presence Cruz s high Gggc Showdown Looms Over Blagojevich Pick
South Carolina s top prosecutor said Monday he will not criminally prosecute Gov botella stanley . Mark Sanford for travel and campaign reimbursements that drew dozens of civil charges and the largest ethics fine in state history.Attorney General Henry McMaster said the governor s use of pricey airline tickets, travel to personal and political events on stat stanley cup e aircraft and questionable campaign reimbursements had not risen to a criminal level. Those punishments are sufficient, McMaster said Monday, referring to Sanford s civil ethics charges and censure by state lawmakers. The time has come for our state t stanley thermoskannen o put this controversy behind us and move on. McMaster for months had been reviewing a probe by the State Ethics Commission that started after a series of Associated Press investigations were published about Sanford s use of state, private and commercial planes. The state probe led to 37 charges and $74,000 in civil fines that Sanford paid in March.The scrutiny started when Sanford disappeared last June, returning after five days to admit to an extramarital affair with an Argentine woman he later called his soul mate. The Republican governor s second and final term ends in January. A judge approved Sanford s divorce from his wife in March.State lawmakers used the ethics investigation as the basis for a formal rebuke of Sanford after deciding the charges didn t merit impeachment. Lawmakers kept the door open to that if McMaster came forward wi |
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