Ned Lamont and Tom Foley Running Neck-and-Neck for Connecticut Governor Job

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The two frontrunners for their parties' nominations in the Connecticut governor race -- Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Thomas Foley -- are in a statistical dead-heat with Lamont leading by 40 percent to 37 percent with 9 percent preferring someone else and 14 percent undecided, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 1. The margin of error is 4.5 points.

Matched against Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele, Lamont leads 41 percent to 33 percent with 8 percent preferring someone else and 18 percent undecided.

Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy, Lamont's rival for the Democratic nomination, also ties Foley, leading him 37 percent to 36 percent with 10 percent preferring another candidate and 18 percent undecided. Against Fedele, Lamont leads 36 percent to 35 percent with 9 percent preferring another candidate and 21 percent undecided.

A Quinnipiac University poll in mid-January, had Lamont leading the Democratic pack with 27 percent, compared to 11 percent for Malloy and the rest of the field drawing 4 percent or less each. Foley was leading Fedele 17 percent to 8 percent with three others at 6 percent or less. Each side had a large number of undecideds.

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Filed Under: Polls, Governors, Poll Watch, 2010 Elections

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