Though he has trailed in most recent polling, Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) is within striking distance of Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO), according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Wednesday evening.
Gardner held a 2-point lead, the new poll found, 47 percent to Udall’s 45 percent. It is the pollster’s first survey in the race, but some recent polling has shown Gardner with a more sizable lead, including another Wednesday poll from Suffolk University that put Gardner up seven points. Others, though, like a Tuesday Monmouth University poll, found a one-point race.
The poll, conducted Oct. 13-20, surveyed 1,099 likely voters. Its margin of error is 3.4 points.
According to TPM’s PollTracker average, Gardner is currently leading Udall 46.3 percent to 43.1 percent.
