{"id":6524,"date":"2022-09-28T08:12:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T08:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=6524"},"modified":"2022-09-28T08:12:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T08:12:49","slug":"republican-tiffany-smiley-gaining-on-democrat-patty-murray-in-tightening-washington-state-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=6524","title":{"rendered":"Republican Tiffany Smiley Gaining On Democrat Patty Murray In Tightening Washington State Senate Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The race for a U.S. Senate seat in Washington State is tightening and Republican Tiffany Smiley is making serious gains on Democrat Patty Murray.<\/p>\n<p>This is probably not a race that Democrats expected to be competitive, but it is and Smiley is within striking distance.<\/p>\n<p>If Smiley pulls out a win here, it will send shockwaves through the political world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/washington\/new-poll-shows-washington-races-for-sos-office-u-s-senate-narrowing\/article_5c5bf352-3dee-11ed-aa9a-d72ae89bd4d8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Center Square<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New poll shows Washington races for SOS office, U.S. Senate narrowing<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The latest poll from Atlanta, Georgia-based Trafalgar Group shows a tightening of races for secretary of state and the U.S. Senate in Washington state.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>According to the poll of 1,091 likely general election voters conducted between Sept. 21 and Sept. 24, 40.4% of voters said they would vote for Democratic incumbent Steve Hobbs in the special election for secretary of state, while 36.8% would vote for his nonpartisan opponent, Pierce County Julie Anderson. Undecided voters made up 22.8% of those polled\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Trafalgar poll also shows Republican challenger Tiffany Smiley gaining a little on incumbent U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Bothell, trailing by only 2.2 percentage points.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Per the poll, 48.7% indicated they would vote for Murray, with 46.5% voting for Smiley. Those who were undecided made up 4.8%.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A poll by Trafalgar earlier in the month had Murray up by 2.9 percentage points. In that poll, Murray got 49.2% of the vote, Smiley got 46.3%, and 4.5% said they were undecided.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>See the numbers below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trafalgar_group\">@trafalgar_group<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WASen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WASen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Poll?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Poll<\/a> (9\/21-9\/24) shows incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Murray?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Murray<\/a> still holding small lead, but challenger <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Smiley?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Smiley<\/a> gaining. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wapol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wapol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>48.7% <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MurrayCampaign\">@MurrayCampaign<\/a><br \/>46.5% <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SmileyForWA\">@SmileyForWA<\/a><br \/>4.8%   Und<\/p>\n<p>See Report: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vafee0lWPg\">https:\/\/t.co\/Vafee0lWPg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fu00kjizZR\">pic.twitter.com\/fu00kjizZR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert C. Cahaly (@RobertCahaly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertCahaly\/status\/1574418029781274625\">September 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Smiley was on FOX News this week. Watch the video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ICYMI \u2013 This afternoon I joined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marthamaccallum\">@marthamaccallum<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\">@FoxNews<\/a> to share my story &amp; why I&#8217;m fighting for every Washingtonian.<\/p>\n<p>In the same way I was a voice for my husband when he didn&#8217;t have one, I will be a voice for every Washingtonian when I am elected to the Senate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WgyuXRQCcY\">pic.twitter.com\/WgyuXRQCcY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tiffany Smiley (@SmileyForWA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SmileyForWA\/status\/1574879464772624384\">September 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>If Republicans pick up this seat, the left will go positively bonkers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cross posted from <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlookout.com\/republican-tiffany-smiley-gaining-on-democrat-patty-murray-in-tightening-washington-state-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Lookout<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2022\/09\/republican-tiffany-smiley-gaining-democrat-patty-murray-tightening-washington-state-senate-race\/\">Republican Tiffany Smiley Gaining On Democrat Patty Murray In Tightening Washington State Senate Race<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The race for a U.S. Senate seat in Washington State is tightening and Republican Tiffany Smiley is making<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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