Senate candidate disputes results of recent polls
LOUISVILLE (WAVE) - U.S. Senate Candidate Jack Conway was in Louisville on Labor Day as a guest at the 11th annual Greater Louisville Labor Picnic held at the Louisville Zoo. It was the first of two stops he was making this Labor Day to union picnics around the state. He was also to attend the Lexington Teamsters Labor Day Picnic in Richmond, KY.
The big talk recently has been about polls. Although some polls show Conway trailing Republican candidate Rand Paul by a significant margin, he insists that's not the case. Conway claims that the numbers are actually much closer and refers to it as a neck and neck race.
"I'm going to campaign like I'm behind even though I'm not in this next 56 days and on November second I'm winning this race," says Conway.
The Conway camp is disputing a new SurveyUSA poll that they claim erroneously reports that Rand Paul holds a 15% lead in the race for Senate. Conway's campaign says the poll overestimates the turnout of voters without a party registration, and underestimates registered Democratic turnout. Conway's camp says that when adjusted to historical norms, their data shows it's a 6 point race.
Conway, who is supported by local labor unions, was invited to the Labor Day picnic and says the folks in the labor community have been great to him and he "needed to come back here and say hi to some old friends."
The annual picnic also helps to support ZooKids. An organization that brings special kids to the Louisville Zoo that may not otherwise have the opportunity.
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