The new University of Cincinnati poll of the Ohio Senate race gives Democratic Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher a one-point lead over Republican ex-Congressman and former Bush administration official Rob Portman.
The numbers: Fisher 47%, Portman 46%. The survey of likely voters has a ±3.8%. The TPM Poll Average gives Fisher a lead over Portman of 43.6%-41.5%.
This race, to succeed retiring two-term GOP Sen. George Voinovich, is in a big perennial swing state that will likely see a lot of money and manpower put into it. Barack Obama carried ohio by 52%-47% in 2008, after it voted twice for George W. Bush by narrow margins. This current poll also gives Obama a 46% approval rating in the state, with a slightly higher 49% disapproval.
