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Recent national polling of the race that includes third-party candidates shows Kennedy earning anywhere from 2% to 14% of the vote and averaging about 9%.
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Brianne Pfannenstiel, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
Their January poll showed Braun with 40% of the vote and 30% undecided; Crouch was second with 13%, Doden last at 3%.
—The Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2024
The sale passed with 52% of the vote in November 2023, backed by the priciest campaign in city history, $6 million.
—Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2024
Peltz received less than one-third of the vote, or roughly 31%, a person familiar with the matter told CNN.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
In the April 2 election, Cabrera was elected to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court with 51% of the vote.
—Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2024
Donald Rainwater, the Libertarian candidate who earned a remarkable 11.4% of the vote in the 2020 gubernatorial election, is also back again on the ballot.
—Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2024
The results of the vote handed Peltz a resounding defeat.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
Fernandez earned that distinction by a wide margin with 31% of the vote, finishing ahead of the Milwaukee Bucks’ Terry Stotts (10%), Young (10%), Lee (7%) and the Boston Celtics’ Sam Cassell (7%).
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
Brianne Pfannenstiel, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
Their January poll showed Braun with 40% of the vote and 30% undecided; Crouch was second with 13%, Doden last at 3%.
—The Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2024
The sale passed with 52% of the vote in November 2023, backed by the priciest campaign in city history, $6 million.
—Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2024
Peltz received less than one-third of the vote, or roughly 31%, a person familiar with the matter told CNN.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
In the April 2 election, Cabrera was elected to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court with 51% of the vote.
—Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2024
Donald Rainwater, the Libertarian candidate who earned a remarkable 11.4% of the vote in the 2020 gubernatorial election, is also back again on the ballot.
—Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2024
The results of the vote handed Peltz a resounding defeat.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
Fernandez earned that distinction by a wide margin with 31% of the vote, finishing ahead of the Milwaukee Bucks’ Terry Stotts (10%), Young (10%), Lee (7%) and the Boston Celtics’ Sam Cassell (7%).
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
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