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PolitickerMA.com  ran a story about the latest  polling numbers on the Massachusetts Senate race.  New poll numbers on the race came out on July 1st and show Senator Kerry with a substantial lead over the presumptive Republican nominee:

The poll, conducted by Rasmussen Reports, shows Kerry leading Republican challenger Jeff Beatty 58 percent to 27 percent. Last month, Kerry led Beatty 63 percent to 25 percent. At the time that poll was taken, however, Jim Ogonowski appeared to be the front runner for the GOP nomination in the race.

The percentage of the respondents that have a favorable view of Kerry jumped from 54 percent at the end of May to 60 percent at the end of June. Twenty-five percent of respondents view Beatty favorably, but 44 percent of respondents had no impression of the candidate. 

DailyKos took notice of this same poll and had this brief account of the race: "John Kerry is cruising in the Bay State, 58% to 27%, over his Republican opponent Jeff Beatty."  The voters of Massachusetts know that Senator Kerry has been working hard for them in the US Senate. Polls like this show that the voters want John Kerry to keep fighting for them in the Senate. That was this campaign is all about.