Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) and independent candidate Greg Orman are tied in a new Monmouth University poll, further evidence that the race has pulled even in its final weeks.
Monmouth found Orman and Roberts both sitting at 46 percent; 3 percent said they’d vote for someone else and 5 percent were undecided.
Polling in Kansas has been somewhat erratic since Democratic nominee Chad Taylor dropped out in early September, but the trend has been toward a tightening race between Orman and Roberts. The Democratic firm Public Policy Polling put Orman up three last week, while Remington Research gave Roberts a three-point lead over the same period.
The Monmouth poll, conducted Oct. 16 to 19, surveyed 429 likely voters. Its margin of error is 4.7 points.
According to TPM’s PollTracker average, Roberts currently holds a marginal advantage, 44.7 percent to 44.2 percent.
