The new SurveyUSA poll of the North Carolina Senate race gives Republican Sen. Richard Burr a ten-point lead over his Democratic opponent, Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, who just won the Dem primary runoff this past Tuesday.
The numbers: Burr 50%, Marshall 40%, Libertarian Mike Beitler at 6%. The survey of likely voters has a ±4% margin of error. The TPM Poll Average gives Burr a lead of 46.8%-39.9%.
This contrasts with a Rasmussen poll from yesterday, which gave Burr only the narrowest of edges at 44%-43%, with Beitler not listed as a choice (though “some other candidate” attracted 7%).
