A new Mason-Dixon poll suggests that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is in real danger for his own re-election battle in 2010, with him trailing two potential Republican nominees.
Against former UNLV basketball player Danny Tarkanian, who has previously lost races for state Senate and Secretary of State, Tarkanian has 49% to Reid’s 38%. Against state GOP chair Sue Lowden, Reid trails with 40% to Lowden’s 45%.
A Democratic source put a positive face on the numbers, but even then still acknowledged that Reid has a serious fight ahead: “Harry Reid has caught a few breaks since all of the A-list or even B-list candidates have declined to challenge him. That said, he’s got a lot of work to do and must spend the next few months proving to Nevadans he is one of them.”
