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An internal poll conducted for Democratic congressional candidate Rob Hubler shows incumbent Steve King with a major lead in name recognition in Iowa’s sweeping Fifth District.
Eighty-three percent of voters know who King is compared to just 31 percent for the Democrat, Hubler told Iowa Independent this weekend, but he did not disclose the exact figures on which candidate voters said they preferred or by how much.
King, seeking his fourth term, easily dispensed with Democratic opponents in his previous races in western Iowa.
Hubler, a retired Presbyterian minister from Council Bluffs who has been campaigning for more than a year, said there are encouraging signs for Democrats in the Goodwin, Simon, Victoria Research poll.
The Silver Spring, Md., firm conducted the poll in late August.
Hubler hopes to take advantage of what he believes is a Democratic year.
“It’s a winnable race,†Hubler said outside of Carroll Athletic Field this weekend where he was greeting voters during the Kuemper Catholic High School/Carroll High School crosstown rivalry. “The question is: can I get my name out there?â€
The Hubler campaign is seeking to make the case that if personalities are removed the traditionally conservative Fifth District is tilting more to the Democrats than in recent elections.
Hubler campaign manager Dave Sabados said he’s encouraged with the 31 percent name recognition, a figure the candidate reached before the Labor Day start of the traditional stretch run for the campaign season.
Hubler’s campaign says new registered voters who came in with the Barack Obama presidential campaign and Iowa Democrat U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin’s strength against a little-known challenger, Christopher Reed, will buoy Hubler in the Fifth.
“When asked who they are more likely to vote for in the November election for Congress, the Democratic candidate or the Republican candidate, likely voters said: 36 Democrat percent; Republican 38 percent; Undecided/other 26 percent. King has a negative job performance rating of about 45 percent and is viewed positively by less than percent,†the Hubler memo says.
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