DES MOINES – Iowa gubernatorial candidate Jack Hatch fired a salvo across the bow of the Terry Branstad campaign Tuesday, pointing to a poll released Tuesday that said Branstad “continues to have approval numbers that aren’t terribly impressive.”
“We should never put too much stock in a single poll,” Senator Hatch said, “but this morning’s poll reflects something I have been hearing all over the state: Governor Branstad has simply been in office too long and as a result Iowa is just coasting. We can do better.”
The poll said, however, that Branstad is likely to be re-elected, as he leads Hatch 48-36, a 12-point spread he enjoyed since last July.
Public Policy Polling asked 869 Iowans a series of questions, one of them “Do you approve or disapprove of Governor Terry Branstad’s job performance?”
72% said they approve.
