Politico Reports Poll Showed Weirauch Ahead By 4 Points

This item on The Politico reports that a poll taken by the campaign of State Rep. Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) last week "showed him trailing [Robin] Weirauch by four points, according to a GOP operative."

The story also reports that the campaign manager for State Sen. Steve Buehrer (R-Delta) in the GOP primary, Jim Banks, concedes that "there’s an effect from a primary that’s been carried over" and "no one can deny it was a very nasty and physical election." He also says that Weirauch "appeals more to the union and working-class voters — the people who are struggling the most and that want the most change," and that the bread-and-butter issues on which Weirauch has focused "polled at the top of voter concerns during the primary."

In contrast to Weirauch's hard-hitting populist campaign, a GOP source reports that Latta's campaign "was unprepared to handle the race’s newfound attention" and the NRCC "had to dispose resources to respond effectively." The Politico's source called the Latta’s ground game “lackluster” and said "the NRCC has become the campaign by proxy."