Poll: Alison Lundergan Grimes Trails Mitch McConnell By 1 Point

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2014 file photo Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks at Donamire Farm in Lexington, Ky. Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes hopes to rekindle her early campaign moment... FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2014 file photo Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks at Donamire Farm in Lexington, Ky. Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes hopes to rekindle her early campaign momentum and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is looking for the answer to a politically charged question in the only debate of a close and costly race for a Senate seat from Kentucky. Tonight’s encounter coincides with a campaign stretch in which Grimes has repeatedly declined to say if she voted for President Barack Obama in 2012. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File) MORE LESS
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Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes remains very competitive in the Kentucky Senate race against Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, according to a new poll released just two weeks before Election Day.

McConnell leads by a mere 1 point among likely voters — 44 percent to 43 percent — in a Bluegrass Poll released Monday, well within the survey’s margin of error of 3.9 percentage points.

Eight percent were undecided and 5 percent supported Libertarian candidate David Patterson.

The result comes as Grimes, the secretary of state, faces strong political headwinds in the conservative state. It’s the first poll in the race since Grimes captured national headlines — and criticism — for refusing to answer questions about whether she voted for President Barack Obama.

“Today’s Bluegrass Poll proves that our campaign remains poised to win,” said Jonathan Hurst, Grimes’ campaign manager. “We are just inches away from putting an end to Mitch McConnell’s failed 30-year Washington voting record. Despite a spending surge in the last two weeks and dumping nearly $50 million to date, McConnell and his allies are in serious trouble.”

The poll was conducted from Oct. 15-19 by SurveyUSA.

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  1. but chuckie todd said she was dead meat . . .

  2. If true, a big GOTV effort could send McTurtle packing. Let’s go!

  3. Heck, I figured she was done judging from all the talk I’ve heard lately.

    Go Grimes!!!

  4. BAM. Sadly, this means the full viciousness that is McTurtle will now come out. Hope Ms Grimes’s PR folks are ready for it.

  5. Go Alison Go !!!

    Help America put an end to the racist turtle whose main goal for 6 years has been his hatred of Obama at the expense of all Americans…

    Let’s end the dysfunction. Vote out this useless waste of space.

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