Nebraska: Deb Fischer Has Wide Lead Over Bob Kerrey in Internal GOP Poll

Posted June 19, 2012 at 4:17pm

Nebraska state Sen. Deb Fischer’s (R) campaign released an internal poll today that showed her ahead of former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D) by a large margin in the race to replace retiring Sen. Ben Nelson (D).

The poll showed Fischer at 58 percent while Kerrey garnered 33 percent.

A source from the Kerrey campaign told Roll Call that other private polling shows a much tighter race, and the source stressed that Fischer is widely unknown in the state.

Roll Call rates this race as Leans Republican.