According to a PPP poll released this week, Sharron Angle would face strong opposition should she run for a Senate seat in Nevada next year. This time, however, that opposition would come from within her own party.
In the poll, Angle trailed Rep. Dean Heller (R) in a hypothetical Republican primary contest to seek the seat being vacated by embattled Sen. John Ensign (R) — and it wasn’t even close. In that matchup, Heller led Angle by a mammoth 84% to 8% margin.
Ensign, who had been dogged the past few years by multiple ethics investigations stemming from an affair he had with a campaign aide’s wife, announced earlier this year that he would not seek reelection in 2012. Then this month, he went further, saying he would resign his seat May 3.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) has appointed Heller to serve the remainder of Ensign’s term.
In March, after Heller announced he would be running for Senate in 2012, Angle launched a bid to fill Heller’s soon-to-be vacant House seat. Following Ensign’s resignation, Angle reaffirmed her commitment to pursue a House rather than a Senate seat.
According to the poll, that might be a much more realistic goal.
The PPP poll was conducted April 21-24 among 300 registered voters. It has a margin of error of 5.7%.
