Roth Surges With Murphy Attack Ads

Corporation Commissioner Jim Roth's television attack ads on Republican challenger Dana Murphy appear to be taking their toll as this week's TvPoll for KWTV-Channel 9 shows Roth for the first time with a commanding 12-point lead.

The poll puts Democrat Roth at 46.7 percent to 34.7 percent for Murphy. Murphy ran ahead in weekly tracking polls until last week, when Roth edged ahead.

In the presidential race, John McCain maintains a huge lead over Barack Obama, 61.6 to 34.8 percent.

In the U. S. Senate race, Republican incumbent Jim Inhofe maintains a lead over Democrat Andrew Rice, although his lead has shrunk from last week; in this week's poll, he's at 51.3 percent to Rice's 41 percent. Inhofe had held a lead of about 13 percent in recent weeks.

In the race for the Corporation Commission's long term seat, incumbent Republican Jeff Cloud maintains a comfortable lead over challenger Charles Gray, 45.9 to 31.3 percent.

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