Michigan & Minnesota Primary

A couple of polls were also released this week in states holding primaries in February.  Epic-MRA and the Detroit Free Press released a poll showing Mitt Romney ahead by 5 points in Michigan.  The Michigan primary is set to be held on February 28th, but offers a pretty good look at where the state stands a month out.

In Minnesota, Public Policy Polling released a poll this week showing Newt Gingrich ahead by 18 points on Mitt Romney.  Mitt Romney is currently being closely challenged by Rick Santorum at 17% and Ron Paul at 13%.  Minnesota's primary is only 9 days away and yet, so far, this is the only poll that is not so old that it's rendered meaningless. 

3 other states, Nevada, Maine (February 4th)and Colorado (February 7th) are all scheduled to hold primaries within the next 10 days and yet, there has been no statewide polling in any of these states recently.  I would expect that once we get past Florida on Tuesday, a whole slew of new polls will begin coming out in the next few days.