Some sobering news for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada: He's trailing two potential Republican challengers in his 2010 bid for re-election, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Sunday.

Former Republican party official Sue Lowden and real estate developer Danny Tarkanian, who are vying for the GOP nomination, both top Reid in polls by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research.

Forty-nine percent of those surveyed chose Lowden and 39 percent, Reid. Matched against Tarkanian, the Republican was the favorite of 48 percent, while Reid got 43 percent. The poll surveyed 500 Nevada voters 6 through 8. Margin of error is plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.

Reid, who is currently trying to steer a health care overhaul through the Senate, was named favorably by  38 percent of voters and unfavorably by 50 percent.

According to the Review-Journal, the Reid camp's reaction was: "Senator Reid has never put much stock in polls. The Republican candidates in this race are still supporting many of the policies that got us into the mess that Senator Reid is working every day to get us out of," said Reid campaign manager Brandon Hall. "As the election draws closer and voters are presented with a choice between moving our economy forward and the status quo, we are confident that Senator Reid's vision of moving forward will prevail."

To read the Review-Journal article: http://www.lvrj.com/news/two-could-beat-reid-poll-finds-63955312.html