Nevadans say they’re ready to replace longtime Democratic incumbent Sen. Harry Reid with an untested Republican. Which Republican? Undecided. But of their top two picks — former GOP party official Sue Lowden and real estate developer Danny Tarkanian — either one would unseat Reid if the election were held today, according to a poll commissioned by the Review-Journal.
Lowden and Tarkanian are in a statistical tie atop a list of nine primary candidates, according to the survey of Nevada registered voters.
The poll by Washington, D.C.-based Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. shows 23 percent of Republicans favored Lowden to 21 percent for Tarkanian with 44 percent undecided.
“That’s a lot of voters sitting on the fence,” said Brad Coker, Mason-Dixon managing partner.
Former assemblywoman Sharron Angle came in third among primary candidates at 9 percent; six others had 1 percent or less.
Though respondents can’t decide whom they want to win the Republican primary, they’re certain they don’t support Reid, the Senate majority leader seeking his fifth consecutive six-year term.
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