North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven takes nearly three-fourths of the vote in a new Senate poll by Rasmussen (May 18-19, 500 LV, MoE +/- 4.5%). Little has changed over the last several months in the race to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan, as state Sen. Tracy Potter (D) struggles to take a quarter of the vote against the popular Republican governor.

Hoeven 72
Potter 23
Und 3

RCP rates this race Safe Republican.

Also, the state's lone representative in the House, Earl Pomeroy (D), who turned down the chance to take on Hoeven in the Senate race, now trails in his bid for re-election. His opponent, state Rep. Rick Berg (R) leads 52%-43%.

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