July 28, 2010 01:25 AM UTC

Jane Norton in best position to take out Bennet, who has 2:1 very unfavorable rating

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• by: Fountainhead

A new poll released today shows Jane Norton with a comfortable lead over appointed Senator Michael Bennet.

Norton leads Bennet 48% to 39%, with a 4% margin of error.  Norton also leads Romanoff 44%-40%.

Ken Buck also leads either democrat 48%-42%

Bennet continues to suffer from extremely high very unfavorable ratings, higher than any other candidate in the race and over twice his very favorable:

Overall, Buck is viewed Very favorably by 14% of Colorado voters and Very Unfavorably by 19%.

For Norton, Very Favorables are 15% and Very Unfavorables 22%.

Fifteen percent (15%) have a Very Favorable opinion of Bennet, the Denver school superintendent who was named to the Senate last year when Ken Salazar became secretary of the Interior. But 35% view him Very Unfavorably.

Romanoff earns Very Favorables of 20% and Very Unfavorables of 21%.