Republican State Senator Tom McClintock
appears to be building up some serious momentum in his quest of being elected
California’s next Lieutenant Governor.

Garamendi,
a two-term state insurance commissioner, appears to have lost traction with
voters while support for McClintock, a state senator known for his fiscal
conservatism, has held steady. The latest survey shows 41 percent of likely
voters supporting Garamendi, and 39 percent favoring McClintock.

In
July, the same survey showed Garamendi had 48 percent support, compared to 38
percent for McClintock.

The
numbers suggest that California's ever-growing camp of voters who decline to
state a political party will play a pivotal role in deciding who becomes the
next lieutenant governor — a largely ceremonial job but one candidates often
hope to use as a springboard for gubernatorial bids. While Democrats and
Republicans largely fell in line with their party candidate, 23 percent of
nonpartisan voters remained undecided.

McClintock’s all
class approach to the 2003 recall election might be paying off big time for him
this year.

Read on here. 

And if that wasn't good enough news, the Los Angeles Times is showing McClintock with a 1% lead over Garamendi.

Read that one here.