State Senator Debbie Halvorson has been saddled with unfavorable press for months, but she still has a big lead according to a poll for her own campaign. The Anzalone Liszt Research poll surveyed 400 likely voters between 10/10-13 for a margin of error of +/- 4.9%. Halvorson, Republican businessman Martin Ozinga and Green Party candidate Jason Wallace.

General Election Matchup
Halvorson........48 (+5 from last, 9/08)
Ozinga...........29 (-6)
Wallace...........5

Generic Dem......38
Generic GOPer....36

Ozinga has the money to compete, but the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has dropped more than $1 million on television and mail on Halvorson's behalf, and that could turn out to be the difference in an ordinarily slightly Republican seat.