Poll: Fiorina lags in Calif. GOP Senate primary

State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore is the ‘x’ factor here. He is in the low to mid-single digits in the polls and doesn’t have as much money (about $400,000 at the end of March). But he has used his grassroots following to effectively team up with Campbell to take on Fiorina. If he keeps going after her and ignoring the man leading in the polls, that could allow Campbell to build an even bigger lead.

The lingering rancor between DeVore and Fiorina has been remarkable, considering Campbell’s ascendance. Even as the Fiorina campaign commented on the polls yesterday, it’s statement addressed DeVore before Campbell.

“These numbers are not good news for Chuck DeVore, and it makes one wonder how he and his campaign will be celebrating Back To Earth Day this afternoon after their premature and unwarranted rooftop singing this morning,” Fiorina said. “And though Tom Campbell has earned high name identification by being a perennial office seeker, once Californians learn about his decades-long record of support for higher taxes and more government regulation, voters will turn to support a true fiscal conservative and political outsider: Carly Fiorina.”