Speier's got her eye on attorney general race

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In a move that could shake up an already hotly contested race, popular Peninsula Rep. Jackie Speier is eyeing a run for state attorney general.

Speier's interest in returning to Sacramento, where she spent nearly 20 years in the Legislature, was sparked by a statewide poll that showed her outpacing the other Democratic candidates for AG by better than 4 to 1.

The poll of 450 likely Democratic and independent voters, taken by J. Moore Methods this month, showed Speier running first with 23 percent, followed by San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris at 5 percent, state Assemblyman Ted Lieu of Torrance (Los Angeles County) at 4 percent and ex-Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo at 3 percent. A smattering of other candidates pulled lesser numbers.

The biggest bloc of voters, however, was "undecided," at 62 percent.

The poll also showed that Speier would be the best-known of the Democratic pack, with a name ID of 44 percent. That's a huge plus in a down-ticket primary race, where the biggest challenge is just getting voters' attention.

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