GRASSADELLIA CITY--The chances of Conservative Sen. Alyssa Jones returning to the Senate for a second term are looking increasingly slim.
A newly-released poll shows the incumbent freshman senator trailing Nationalist Debora Kay by eight points.
The Midway poll showed Kay leading Jones 45% to 37%, with Democratic-Reformist Marjorie Hinds trailing with 10%, and Independent candidate Joe Schwartz with eight percent, respectively.
It's grim news for Jones, who has been trying to position herself as a moderate and a champion of the economy and strong families amid a strong year for the NAT.
Jones has been praised by the media and watch-dog groups for her bipartisanship. And she has brought millions of federal tax dollars back to Damoign in infrastructure and other investment projects.
But many have criticized her for, what they call, her "ultra-conservative" views on social issues.
Jones is an Evangelical Christian, and the wife of prominent mega-church pastor Darren Jones, who serves as senior pastor of the 7,000-member Church of the Falls in Grassadellia City.
Jones' conservative social positions have placed her in the cross-hairs of liberals, who say her views are out of alignment with the views of Damoignites. They point to Damoign's liberal bent as evidence her views are incompatible with those of her constituents.
That, combined with the national anti-Conservative wave that is sweeping the nation, has allowed Nationalist Assemblywoman Deborah Kay of Broadsword in north-central Damoign, to ascend to a healthy lead over the incumbent.
In particular, Kay has focused on rallying labor groups and women's rights advocates, and the assemblywoman has attempted to tie Jones to other controversial Conservatives, and paint her as "backwards" on women's issues.
"Alyssa Jones, unfortunately, has turned into a puppet of the Conservative party, and has adopted their backwards views on women's issues and reproductive rights," Kay said in an interview with The Grassadellia City Times.
Jones has refuted those claims, saying in an interview with the STAR network that she has always been pro-women.
"My opponent is distorting my record. She's trying to make me out to be a backwards know-nothing who just follows party leaders blindly and has adopted nineteenth-century views on women's rights," she said. "That's just not true."
"I am happy to say that I am pro-life. I don't shy away from that," the senator told the Mavocke Capitol. "And I'm one that believes you can be pro-life and also pro-women. Those two are not mutually exclusive, despite what Deborah Kay may say."
Together, the campaigns of both women have raised more than $20 million. And neither has spent very much targeting the other two minor party candidates, DR Marjorie Hinds and Independent Joe Schwartz, although the polls show both garnering nearly 20% of the vote combined.
Damoign is the only state in which a candidate does not have to win a minimum percentage of the vote. The candidate that wins the most votes, regardless of how small a percentage of the total vote or how big the field of candidates, becomes the winner.
Both the Nationalist Senate Campaign Organization (NSCO) and the Conservative Senate Campaign Committee (CSCC) have committed to pouring more money into the race, though neither group would divulge just how much they intend to expend.
And the first debate in the Senate race will feature both Jones and Kay, and will be held Monday, October 22, in Sathby in north-central Damoign.
A newly-released poll shows the incumbent freshman senator trailing Nationalist Debora Kay by eight points.
The Midway poll showed Kay leading Jones 45% to 37%, with Democratic-Reformist Marjorie Hinds trailing with 10%, and Independent candidate Joe Schwartz with eight percent, respectively.
It's grim news for Jones, who has been trying to position herself as a moderate and a champion of the economy and strong families amid a strong year for the NAT.
Jones has been praised by the media and watch-dog groups for her bipartisanship. And she has brought millions of federal tax dollars back to Damoign in infrastructure and other investment projects.
But many have criticized her for, what they call, her "ultra-conservative" views on social issues.
Jones is an Evangelical Christian, and the wife of prominent mega-church pastor Darren Jones, who serves as senior pastor of the 7,000-member Church of the Falls in Grassadellia City.
Jones' conservative social positions have placed her in the cross-hairs of liberals, who say her views are out of alignment with the views of Damoignites. They point to Damoign's liberal bent as evidence her views are incompatible with those of her constituents.
That, combined with the national anti-Conservative wave that is sweeping the nation, has allowed Nationalist Assemblywoman Deborah Kay of Broadsword in north-central Damoign, to ascend to a healthy lead over the incumbent.
In particular, Kay has focused on rallying labor groups and women's rights advocates, and the assemblywoman has attempted to tie Jones to other controversial Conservatives, and paint her as "backwards" on women's issues.
"Alyssa Jones, unfortunately, has turned into a puppet of the Conservative party, and has adopted their backwards views on women's issues and reproductive rights," Kay said in an interview with The Grassadellia City Times.
Jones has refuted those claims, saying in an interview with the STAR network that she has always been pro-women.
"My opponent is distorting my record. She's trying to make me out to be a backwards know-nothing who just follows party leaders blindly and has adopted nineteenth-century views on women's rights," she said. "That's just not true."
"I am happy to say that I am pro-life. I don't shy away from that," the senator told the Mavocke Capitol. "And I'm one that believes you can be pro-life and also pro-women. Those two are not mutually exclusive, despite what Deborah Kay may say."
Together, the campaigns of both women have raised more than $20 million. And neither has spent very much targeting the other two minor party candidates, DR Marjorie Hinds and Independent Joe Schwartz, although the polls show both garnering nearly 20% of the vote combined.
Damoign is the only state in which a candidate does not have to win a minimum percentage of the vote. The candidate that wins the most votes, regardless of how small a percentage of the total vote or how big the field of candidates, becomes the winner.
Both the Nationalist Senate Campaign Organization (NSCO) and the Conservative Senate Campaign Committee (CSCC) have committed to pouring more money into the race, though neither group would divulge just how much they intend to expend.
And the first debate in the Senate race will feature both Jones and Kay, and will be held Monday, October 22, in Sathby in north-central Damoign.
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