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Tonight, Public Policy Polling released its latest poll of the North Carolina United States Senate Democratic primary. Marshall leads Cunningham 28-21 after leading him 26-23 last week. This change seems to be a result of Lewis' radio ad attacks on Cunningham combined with Marshall going on the air with television ads. What are the chances that the nomination is decided by a runoff and which candidate do you think would prevail if that happened?

Does anyone know the fundraising numbers for the NC Democrats running in 2010 for the United States Senate? The first quarter fundraising deadline passed and I looked on the Federal Election Commission website (www.fec.gov) and don't see any numbers for the Democratic candidates but Richard Burr's numbers are listed. I assume Marshall raised less than Cunningham. I am interested in how close they are to each other in fundraising. Marshall, with her name recognition, probably does not need to raise as much as Cunningham but I think she should at least be able to fund a decent amount of tv ads. Also, what do you think the chances are that the race goes to a runoff? For that to happen, it would probably be due to Lewis gaining enough support to cause Cunningham or Marshall to fall below 40%.