Republican David Perdue has jumped ahead of Democrat Michelle Nunn in the Georgia Senate race, according to a new Survey USA poll released on Monday.
The poll, released a day before the Nov. 4 midterm election, found Perdue leading Nunn 47 percent to 44 percent. Libertarian candidate Amanda Swafford, meanwhile, got 5 percent support, the poll found.
A previous SurveyUSA poll found Nunn leading Perdue 46 percent to 44 percent with another 4 percent going to Swafford.
Although the latest SurveyUSA poll results are good news for Perdue, they also add to the case that a runoff is likely to happen between Nunn and him as neither candidate is getting a majority of the vote.
The poll was conducted among 591 likely voters between Oct. 30 and Nov. 2. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.
The TPM Polltracker average finds Perdue leading the rest of the field by 5.3 points.
