Poll: 2 GOP incumbents facing a tight race in South Florida

A new poll suggests that two Republican members of Congress from Miami are facing a tight race from their Democratic challengers — the first significant challenge to the incumbents in years.

The poll, by Bendixen & Associates, shows Reps. Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart, Cuban-American brothers with a long Miami political pedigree, are leading their Democratic challengers by only single digits with four months to go to the election. Potentially more troubling for the GOP incumbents, the poll shows neither cracked 50 percent of the vote. That's a far cry from their dominance in previous campaigns.

"This election shows signs of being something of a reckoning for the Diaz-Balart brothers," said pollster Fernand Amandi, executive vice president at the polling company.

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Comments

[can you say 60% favorable?]

Thanks for the misleading headline...it should read "Pollster with Democratic ties says races will be close" with a sub-headline "Diaz Ballert internal polls say otherwise"....the spin in this cycle...and the last...by members of the press who don't have the courage to openly admit they are Democrats is disgusting. There is a responsibility that comes with the protections of the 1st Amendment...

[he'sneverright]

Oh yeah, I've heard of Bendixen. He's the guy who told us Jose Cancela was going to be the next Mayor. I think he finished sixth in the primary in 2004. But there were only five candidates in the race.

Great prognostication skills.

[JC]

The blog makes no mention of Annette Taddeo's 'campaign.' I wonder why.