From Eric Dondero:

In early August we reported on Doug Cloud's race for Congress in Washington State's 6th District. We noted that Cloud had been called "more of a libertarian" in his views by his primary opponent. We also noted that he had received the backing of "Mainstream Republicans (more libertarian than moderate), Tea Party Coalition PAC, and the Republican Liberty Caucus."

Now a new poll has been released showing Cloud ahead for the first time, over longtime incumbent Democrat Norm Dicks by 4.

From Cloud for Congress campaign release:

TACOMA, WA On Thursday the Cloud for Congress Campaign received the newest poll results, which legitimized what they knew all along. "We are winning this election and the momentum has been building for our team the last few weeks. Our message is obviously resonating with the voters and they will not stand for the status quo," Doug Cloud reasoned after viewing the newest poll results from Wenzel Strategies, a respected national polling company out of Ohio.

The most notable results in the poll came in the question that asked "If the election for the United States Congress were today and the candidates were Republican Doug Cloud and Democrat Norm Dicks, for whom would you vote?" The answer options were "definitely for Cloud, leaning for Cloud, definitely for Dicks, leaning for Dicks, and not sure". Doug Cloud received a combined 609 votes for "definitely for" and "leaning for" while Dicks only received 558 for the 2 answers. 95 were still unsure.

The 6th includes Bremerton and northwestern WA, across the Pugent Sound from Seattle.

Editor's Note - Doug Cloud's teenage son Thomas Cloud is a regular reader of Libertarian Republican.