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WeightedKCLUAverages KCLU AppovalKCLU41% KCLU KCLUDisapprovalKCLU56%

1 Utah 61% 35% 26% 2 Idaho 58% 39% 19% 3 Nebraska 55% 41% 14% 3 Wyoming 55% 42% 13% 5 Texas 54% 41% 13% 6 Alaska 52% 45% 7% 7 Oklahoma 51% 46% 5% 8 Alabama 50% 47% 3% 8 Kansas 50% 45% 5% 8 Mississippi 50% 47% 3% 8 NorthKCLUDakota 50% 46% 4% 12 Montana 49% 48% 1% 13 Louisiana 48% 49% -1% 14 Georgia 47% 51% -4% 14 SouthKCLUDakota 47% 50% -3% 16 NorthKCLUCarolina 46% 51% -5% 16 WestKCLUVirginia 46% 51% -5% 18 Arizona 45% 52% -7% 18 Indiana 45% 50% -5% 18 SouthKCLUCarolina 45% 51% -6% 18 Tennessee 45% 51% -6% 22 Kentucky 44% 52% -8% 22 NewKCLUHampshire 44% 54% -10% 22 Wisconsin

KYKCLUGovernorKCLUFletcher'sKCLUApprovalKCLUDismal!!

JanuaryKCLUdataKCLUfromKCLUSurveyKCLUUSA/WHAS-TV.KCLUFletcher'sKCLUapprovalKCLUhasKCLUrisenKCLUanKCLUinsignificantKCLU2KCLUpointsKCLUinKCLUaKCLUmonth.KCLUThisKCLUincreaseKCLUisKCLUwithinKCLUtheKCLUpoll'sKCLUerrorKCLUorKCLUmargin

40 Illinois Blagojevich,KCLURod  D 42% 53% -11% 40 Indiana Daniels,KCLUMitch  R 42% 49% -7% 40 Oregon Kulongoski,KCLUTed  D 42% 48% -6% 43 Delaware Minner,KCLURuth  D 39% 55% -16% 44 Louisiana Blanco,KCLUKathleen  D 38% 59% -21% 44 Maine Baldacci,KCLUJohn  D 38% 56% -18% 46 Missouri Blunt,KCLUMatt  R 35% 61% -26% 47 California Schwarzenegger,KCLUArnold  R 34% 62% -28% 47 Kentucky Fletcher,KCLUErnie  R 34% 60% -26% 49 Alaska Murkowski,KCLUFrank  R 28% 68% -40% 50 Ohio Taft,KCLUBob  R 18% 76% -58%

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KYKCLUHouseKCLUBillKCLU422:KCLUEstablishKCLUMatchingKCLUSmallKCLUBusinessKCLUGrants

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conditions):
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KYKCLUHouseKCLUBillKCLU270:KCLURequiringKCLUSchoolKCLUDistrictKCLUToKCLUAddressKCLUBullying

HouseKCLUBillKCLU270KCLU(RequireKCLUschoolKCLUdistrictKCLUpoliciesKCLUtoKCLUaddressKCLUbullying):
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