Adam Geller

In the 7th Congressional District, each major campaign has different poll results.

A Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee poll released today shows Democrat Linda Stender with a nine point lead over Republican Leonard Lance, 40% to 31% with independent Bridgewater Councilman Michael Hsing, a former Republican, getting 8% and 18% of voters undecided. That poll’s margin of error is 4.9%.

“With Leonard Lance’s support for President Bush’s failed economic agenda, and his support for denying women access to birth control, Lance has made a commitment to the status quo in this change election year,” said DCCC spokeswoman Carrie James in a statment. “This poll shows Lance’s pro-George Bush strategy is failing.”

GOP Businesswoman Anne Evans Estabrook continues to gear up for a 2008 U.S. Senate bid against Frank Lautenberg. She has hired consultants Larry Weitzner and Tom Blakely, pollster Adam Geller, and fundraiser Maria Chappa. The team will meet today.

Editor's Note: Geller says he has not been hired by Estabrook, and Blakely notes that today's campaign meeting is with Chappa to discuss fundraising.

The pollster for the New Jersey Assembly Republicans is now in the middle of a major controversy in Michigan, where an incumbent Congressman has filed a complaint alleging that his challenger in the GOP primary has coordinated expenditures with the conservative Club for Growth by having Adam Geller poll for both the campaign and the 527 organization. Geller works for Tim Walberg, a conservative who is challenging freshman Joe Schwarz for the Republican nomination in the August 7 primary.

The Club for Growth typically backs conservative candidates against more moderate incumbents in Republican primaries. They backed Scott Garrett against Marge Roukema in 2000. Geller conducted the CFG poll in the Rhode Island Senate race, where incumbent Lincoln Chafee faces tough primary and general election battles.