Your Arlington, your views

Six p.m. Friday. Supper time. Phone rings. A woman with the trace of a foreign accent says she wants to do a “quick political survey.”

I agree.

“If the election were held today, would you vote for Ken Donnelly, Jim Marzilli, Charles Murphy or Patrick Natale?” No mention of other candidates for the 4th Middlesex Senate seat previously held by Robert Havern.

I tell her my choice and immediately ask the name of the organization making the call.

is David Paleologos, a pollster at Suffolk University who is director of the school’s Political Research Center.

All of the campaigns for the 4th Middlesex Senate seat have been asked to comment as to whether any has hired Dapa Research — and why. Responses will be added as they come in.

In this race, who’s the “underdog”?

NOTE: As of Nov. 1, only the Rep. Patrick Natale campaign had responded to this plea. He wrote in an e-mail:

“Bob it is not coming from my camp. I couldnt afford to do the calls even if i wanted to and i dont believe that voters want to be bothered.

“That is why i have been door knocking for the past 8 weeks. I have spent about 500 hrs in the the District door knocking since the Senator left the seat because i think it is more important than calling voters it is how i won my Rep. seat as an unknown.”

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Bob Sprague