RealClearPolitics has an interesting analysis of the Burr vs. Marshall race for U.S. Senate, with one important caveat. The story fails to factor in Libertarian Mike Beitler, who is on the ballot as well.
So who will Beitler help and hurt politically? 2008 Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Dr. Mike Munger received 2.87 percent of the vote and he notes that exit polls show he drew more votes from Democrat Beverly Perdue than Republican Pat McCrory. Will we see a repeat of that pattern? A lot of factors will play into the calculation, including national political winds, anti-incumbent anger, anti-spending and anti-deficit anger, Dr. Beitler’s campaigning skills, amount of support Marshall receives from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Sen. Burr’s ability to attract voters who didn’t live here when he ran the first time, etc. Stay tuned.
Here are the candidate websites:
Sen. Richard Burr (R)
Secretary of State Elaine Marshall (D)
Dr. Mike Beitler (L)
