The new Rasmussen poll of the Georgia Republican gubernatorial primary shows a close race going into this Tuesday’s first-round primary, which is likely headed to a runoff in August.
The numbers: Former Rep. Nathan Deal 25%, former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel 25%, state Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine 20%, and former state Senate President Pro Tem Eric Johnson 13%. The survey of likely voters has a ±3% margin of error. In the previous Rasmussen poll, from all the way back in December 2009, Oxendine had 28%, Handel 14%, Deal 13%, and Johnson 2%.
A runoff between Deal and Handel should be interesting — Deal has demanded to see President Obama’s birth certificate, and Handel has been endorsed by Sarah Palin.
