Despite claims by some on the right that freshman Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) is in serious danger of being denied a second term, new polling indicates this might not be the case. The Associated Press reports.

Democratic US Senator Debbie Stabenow continues to lead her two potential Republicans challengers in a poll released today.

Stabenow leads the Reverend Keith Butler of Troy 49 percent to 25 percent, with 26 percent undecided.

She also leads Jerry Zandstra, a Cutlerville resident on leave from his jobs as a minister and as program director of a Grand Rapids-area think tank.

Fifty percent of the 600 likely residents polled say they'd vote for Stabenow while 22 percent say they'd pick Zandstra. Twenty-eight percent were undecided.

Stabenow isn't the only freshman Democrat who's maintaining a double-digit lead in the polls. According to the latest survey from Strategic Vision, a Republican polling outfit,

If the election for United States Senate were held today and the candidates were Maria Cantwell, the Democrat or Mike McGavick, the Republican, whom would you vote for?

Maria Cantwell 49%
Mike McGavick 39%
Undecided 12%

Note that Cantwell leads by 10 points even though the Republican poll neglects to mention that she is the sitting Senator. Of course Cantwell can't take it easy at this point, given her standing below 50 percent, but maybe she need not worry quite as much as some political analysts think she should.