Paton up 5 points as candidates face-off in Marana for last debate
As Jonathan Paton and Ann Kirkpatrick prepare to square off in their last debate of the campaign tonight in Marana, a new poll shows Paton pulling away from Kirkpatrick with early voting beginning in just days.
The poll, conducted by the National Republican Congressional Committee on October 4, has Paton up 50% to 45% for Kirkpatrick with 5% undecided. The poll had 501 respondents with a margin of error +/-4.3%.
“It’s no wonder Ann Kirkpatrick and her special interest allies in Washington are leveling so many outrageous and false attacks against me: they’re losing,” said Jonathan Paton.
Paton added: “We’re winning because the people of this district believe that my plan for creating jobs and repealing Obamacare is the better one compared to Ann Kirkpatrick’s votes for trillion dollar deficits, funding our budget by borrowing from China, doling out taxpayer dollars to campaign staff, and redistributing money from Medicare to pay for Obamacare.”
To view the full results of the NRCC poll, click here: http://www.nrcc.org/2012/10/08/nrcc-memo-arizonas-first-district/
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Jonathan presented his case very effectively tonight. Solid, on target, insightful. Get rid of Obamacare, drill for our own oil to get us energy efficient, drastically reduce government interference, and lower taxes.
Strong and forceful message and fully in control of the debate from the opening minute to the very end..
Kirkpatrick? Yes to Obamacare, yes to higher taxes, yes to strong EPA, yes to more $$ going to solar and wind.
Kirkpatrick was visibly upset with the release of the new poll numbers showing Paton in the lead. Her 4 minute close was a vicious partisan attach on Jonathan Paton and said nothing of what she would do for CD1, AZ, or the Nation.