"Bluegrass Poll: Grimes takes lead over McConnell"

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Bluegrass Poll: Grimes takes lead over McConnell

James R. Carroll at the Courier-Journal

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2014/10/06/mcconnell-grimes-bluegrass-poll-due-tonight/16798721/

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After two polls in his favor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has slipped behind Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes, according to the latest Bluegrass Poll.

Grimes, Kentucky's secretary of state, now leads the veteran five-term senator 46 percent to 44 percent among likely voters, the survey found. While that advantage is within the poll's margin of error, it represents a 6-point swing to the Democrat since the survey was last conducted in late August.

Libertarian candidate David Patterson had 3 percent support in the poll, while 7 percent of likely voters said they were undecided.

Whereas the Aug. 28 poll showing McConnell leading by 4 points suggested he might be slowly pulling away, "today, McConnell suddenly and unexpectedly looks wobbly," said SurveyUSA, which conducted the poll last week for The Courier-Journal, Lexington Herald-Leader, WHAS-TV in Louisville and WKYT-TV in Lexington.



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