The new survey of Ohio from Public Policy Polling (D) shows the Democrats starting with an advantage in the 2010 Senate campaign, an open-seat race for the Senate seat of retiring GOP Sen. George Voinovich.
Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, a Democrat, leads Republican former Congressman Rob Portman by a margin of 41%-32%. The other Democrat in the race, Sec. of State Jennifer Brunner, is also ahead of Portman by 40%-32%.
From the pollster’s analysis: “All three candidates are doing about equally well within their own parties but since Ohio has more Democrats than Republicans and Brunner and Fisher both lead with independents, it allows them to start out with an overall solid lead.”
