From the County GOP….
Survey Shows Judge Jan Goldsmith Strongest Candidate Versus City Attorney Mike Aguirre
San Diego, Calif. – March 10, 2008: An important new citywide voter opinion survey demonstrates that Superior Court Judge Jan Goldsmith is the strongest candidate to defeat incumbent San Diego City Attorney Mike Aguirre.
In the poll, conducted by Competitive Edge Research, Judge Goldsmith is shown to easily defeat Aguirre in a one-on-one match-up in a November run-off election. In the survey, Judge Goldsmith beats Aguirre by 23 points, capturing 52% of the vote, while Aguirre receives only 29%.
Neither San Diego City Council President Scott Peters nor San Diego City Councilman Brian Maienschein come close to that result. In fact, the survey shows Aguirre within the margin of sampling error when paired with Peters.
"While Judge Goldsmith is our official endorsed candidate, this race is not about partisanship or politics. A majority of San Diegans agree that we need a change in the City Attorney’s office, and we invite everyone to support Judge Goldsmith. Judge Goldsmith is not only the true outsider in this race, but also the most electable challenger to Mike Aguirre," said Republican Party Chairman Tony Krvaric.
The survey, commissioned by the Republican Party of San Diego County, shows Aguirre to be the top vote-getter in the five candidate June primary election. Judge Goldsmith is in second place.
The survey was conducted by Competitive Edge Research & Communication, Inc., among 607 randomly selected likely November voters and 400 likely June voters residing in the City of San Diego. It was conducted from February 26-28. The data was appropriately weighted to reflect known parameters within the electorate. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4% for the entire sample and +/- 4.9% for the subset of likely June voters.
Enclosed: Memo from Competitive Edge, with additional information and data on the survey results.
For more information contact: Tony Krvaric, Chairman of the Republican Party of San Diego County at (858) 699-3000 or John Nienstedt, President of Competitive Edge at (619) 702- 2372.
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Tony Krvaric, Chairman, Republican Party of San Diego County