Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) holds a 7-point lead over Republican challenger Josh Mandel in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race, according to a new poll released Thursday.
The latest survey from Quinnipiac University, CBS News and the New York Times shows Brown leading Mandel, the current Ohio state treasurer and Marine veteran, 48 percent to 41 percent. Brown, first elected to the Senate in 2006, held a 12-point lead in the Quinnipiac/CBS/NYT poll from a month ago.
The PollTracker Average currently Brown leading Mandel, 46.7 percent to 41.3 percent,