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Polls show potential GOP challengers would beat Harry Reid (BENJAMIN SPILLMAN, 8/23/09, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL)

It's the highest stakes ever for a Nevada election, and former boxer Sen. Harry Reid is on the ropes early. Either Republican Danny Tarkanian or Sue Lowden would knock out Reid in a general election, according to a recent poll of Nevada voters. [...]

Nevadans favored Tarkanian over Reid 49 percent to 38 percent and Lowden over Reid 45 percent to 40 percent, according to the poll.