Some interesting polling from Quinnipiac out this morning:

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, elected in November, gets a 36 – 26 percent job approval rating, with U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet at 39 – 28 percent. Colorado voters are divided on whether Sen. Bennet deserves reelection in 2016, with 32 percent saying he deserves reelection and 34 percent saying no. Democrats favor reelection by a bare majority of 53 – 19 percent. Opposing reelection are Republicans 46 – 26 percent and independent voters 35 – 25 percent.

Yes, of course it’s extremely early in the 2016 cycle, and a Democrat like Bennet can count on better Democratic turnout in a presidential year, and so on. Also note that traditionally, Democrats do better among independents in Colorado than in other states.

Over in Iowa:

Voters approve by a solid 67 – 21 percent of the job U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is doing and say 55 – 30 percent that he deserves reelection in 2016.
Support for reelection is over 50 percent among men and women, 72 – 15 percent among Republicans and 58 – 28 percent among independent voters. Democrats say 48 – 39 percent that Sen. Grassley does not deserve reelection.
Newly-elected U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst gets a 42 – 26 percent job approval rating. The reverse gender gap that dogged her 2014 Senate campaign fades as men approve 45 – 25 percent while women approve 40 – 27 percent.

In Virginia, Quinnipiac finds voters “approve 62 percent to 23 percent of the job U.S. Sen. Mark Warner is doing, and give U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine a 53 percent to 28 percent job approval rating.”

Neither Virginia senator is up for reelection in 2016. The pollster also finds Colorado governor John Hickenlooper (a Democrat), Iowa governor Terry Branstad (a Republican), and Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe (a Democrat) all enjoying high approval ratings.