Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) holds a solid nine-point lead, 43-34, over Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-FL) in the U.S. Senate race in Florida, according to a Suffolk University poll.
The third party candidates trailed far behind, with Libertarian Paul Stanton at 2 percent, and non-party candidates Basil Dalack, Tom Khoury, Steven Machat and Bruce Nathan all polling at 0 percent.
When Suffolk polled the Senate race before Florida’s August primary, Rubio held a 13-point lead over Murphy, 46-33.
The Suffolk University poll was conducted via live telephone interview from Sept. 19-21 among 500 likely Florida voters, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percent.
TPM’s PollTracker Average for the U.S. Senate race in Florida shows Rubio leading Murphy, 45.6 to 38.3.