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Democrats say Sen. Jeff Atwater vulnerable
A Florida Democratic Party internal poll shows that Sen. Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, has low re-elect numbers. They polled people in his district, asking if Sen. Atwater should be re-elected, and only 27 percent said yes.
Most safe incumbents poll around 50 percent, when it comes to re-election numbers, party spokesman Mark Bubriski said. Bubriski said the re-election poll was done in the past three months.
When the pollsters compared the incoming Republican senate president to Democratic challenger Skip Campbell, Campbell lead Atwater by a few points within the margin of error, according to the internal poll. No detailed numbers were available on that poll, but that was done in the past few weeks.
Sen. Jeff Atwater's campaign spokesman Rick Wilson responded: "Their numbers are in no way in touch with reality whatso-ever."
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