Yesterday I had been musing about whether the 26th Congressional District race might be a race to watch. Democrat Jack Davis is running against Republican incumbent Tom Reynolds; Davis is making trade a huge issue in the race in an area that has been devasted by NAFTA and so-called “free trade.”

And, sure enough, a poll came out yesterday showing Davis within two points of Reynolds:The poll was commissioned by the local Channel 2 News and was completed by SurveyUSA: 45% Tom Reynolds (R)
43% Jack Davis (D)
8% Christine Murphy (G)
4% Undecided. What’s even more interesting is that the survey was done with the Green Party’s Murphy in the mix but on September 26th she was tossed off the ballot. You would figure more Green Party votes would migrate to Davis than Reynolds–though Davis may not benefit as much because he has a fairly bad, from my point of view, stance on immigration. A new poll with just Davis and Reynolds matched head-to-head is expected out next week.

It certainly would be sweet to see the head of the Republican Congressional campaign committee go down to defeat–and with an anti-NAFTA opponent providing the coup de grace.