Harris Trails Nelson in Senate Poll
2006-09-29
Source: Omaha World Herald
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rss feedDemocratic Sen. Bill Nelson leads challenger Katherine Harris by 18 percentage points in a new poll, although the Republican congresswoman has gained some ground among GOP voters.
Nelson leads Harris 53 percent to 35 percent, according to the Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. poll commissioned by Florida newspapers and released this week. Ten percent were undecided, and 2 percent planned to vote for other candidates.
The poll was conducted among 625 likely voters Sept. 20-22 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Harris has long trailed Nelson and her campaign has been plagued by an initial lack of support from party leaders and staff defections.
But she has cut Nelson's lead by 10 percentage points since July. Her boost likely came from a decisive primary victory over three relatively unknown political newcomers, said Brad Coker, managing director of Mason-Dixon.
Still, Nelson's lead has not dipped below 15 points since June 2005 against Harris, who gained prominence as Florida's secretary of state in the disputed 2000 election that gave George W. Bush the White House.
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