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California Election 2006 Watch: New Field Poll Shows Westly 37 Angelides 26

April 14, 2006 /

California state Controller Steve Westly speaks at a news conference where he endorsed California proposition 82, the preschool for all initiative, at the Children’s Institute in Los Angeles, California, April 12, 2006. Westly is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor of California in the June 2006 primary election.

Sacramento Bee: Field Poll: Ads push Westly past Angelides

Controller surges to an 11-point lead, but many Democrats still on fence.

Riding the crest of an effective television ad campaign, state Controller Steve Westly has grabbed the momentum in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, turning an 8-point deficit in February into an 11-point lead over Treasurer Phil Angelides, according to a new Field Poll.

Westly, the multimillionaire former eBay executive, is topping Angelides, the one-time Sacramento real estate developer, in every area of the state and among every subgroup of California residents in jumping to a 37 percent to 26 percent lead, Field Poll Director Mark DiCamillo said Thursday.

The beginning of the end of the Angelides campaign. Westly is more personable, better looking and has sharp media. the old lefties supporting Angelides will abandon ship like rats.

Is this a favorable trend for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger?

Probably….because Angelides will now go NEGATIVE out of desperation.

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