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Significant Fun ndraising Advanta Puts C age Clark in D Drivers S Seat to N-08 Prim mary Win MN
Voters Move Easily Toward Her as She Opens U Big Lead on Rick Nolan M Up d
Interested Parties To: From: GQRR A new Greenberg Qu uinlan Rosne Research survey con er h nducted on b behalf of the Tarryl Clark for k Congress campaign shows that Clark is well s l-positioned to win in the MN-08 Aug e gust primary and y advance to the Nove ember gener election against Chip Cravaack1. Clark starts in a 3-way tie ral a s against primary chall on, p lengers Rick Nolan and Jeff Anderso and as t race play out, she s k the ys solidly builds he lead throughout the su er urvey, demo onstrating a c clear path to primary ele o ection victory 2 y. Nolan is not well known With only 37 percent o voters able to ID him, Nolan does not N n. of , s es have a distric ct-wide profile. None of the candidate are partic cularly well k known at this s point, but Cla has the re ark esources to introduce he erself to an a audience wi no strong ith g allegiances. Clark starts out in a 3-w tie, but voters mov en masse to Clark w C way ve e when they le earn more about her. With no significant money yet s m o spent in this race, the ca andidates sta on art equal footing. But a plura ality, 36 perc cent, begin th survey un he ndecided. W When presented with a simple introduction to Clarks narrative, he vote spike from 21 to 59 percent w n n er es o t. Critique that Clark is no from the district has no power. It does not diminish h C t ot s t her vote share. When this at W ttack was int troduced alo with a re ong esponse, her vote share stays r st trong at 57 percent, putt p ting her 30 points ahead of Nolan. I fact, when asked if they p d In n believed Clar was some rk eone who could represen them and their community, 83 percent nt of voters agre f eed65 per rcent of them strongly. T m This pattern h held across all demogra aphics and areas of the district.

Clarks profile as a lo p ong-time figh for the middle class who can tak their battl to Washington hter m ke les resonate with peopl With the necessary re es le. esources to introduce her to the ele ectorate and deliver he message early and fo er orcefully, Tarryl Clark wi ll advance to the Novem o mber general election.

Greenbe Quinlan Ros erg sner Research conducted a survey among 4 MN-08 vot s 404 ters likely to vo in the August ote 2012 prima ary. The surve was conducted by live profe ey essional interviiewers between March 5th and 7th , 2012. T The sample is subject to a ma s argin of error of +/-4.8 percent f tage points at t 95 percent confidence int the terval; margin o of error is higher among sub bgroups. The sample for this surve was drawn ra ey andomly from a list of registe ered voters and stratified by M d MN-08s regions s. Quotas we assigned to reflect the exp ere pected contribu ution of these a areas to the tota vote in the 2012 primary e al election. The sample reflects the demograp s s phic compositio of the likely A on August 2012 e electorate. 2 This poll simulates the financial reality that Clarkw is better fun s f who nded than eithe opponentw have the ai er will irwaves to herself for a significant period of time. h
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