Mica claims 30-point lead over Adams in internal poll

Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) is claiming a 30-point lead in his primary race against fellow Republican Rep. Sandy Adams (Fla.), citing a poll his campaign commissioned for the race.

The survey of 400 likely GOP voters in the 7th Congressional District gave Mica 55 percent support to Adams’s 25 percent. Mica’s campaign said it represented at 15-point swing in his favor from a poll commissioned by the Adams campaign in February.

The two Republicans are facing each other in an August primary after redistricting put their homes in the same district. Mica was first elected in 1992 and is chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, while Adams is a freshman aligned with the Tea Party.

The Mica camp said the poll came despite negative campaigning from Adams and after she won a round of positive press coverage for her leadership of the House GOP’s reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.

“The poll is clearly reflective that the GOP voters are tired of the constant negative tone coming from the Adams campaign for the past four months,” said John Dowless, a Mica consultant.

An Adams spokeswoman, Lisa Boothe, disputed the poll and attacked Mica.

“He personifies all that is wrong with Washington today and no questionable robopoll is going to change that fact,” she said. “Sandy’s grassroots efforts are being validated by the response she is receiving from Republican voters on the ground, and we have no doubt she will prevail in the August primary.”

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