The new Rasmussen poll of the California gubernatorial race shows a virtual dead heat between Democratic state Attorney General Jerry Brown and Republican former eBay CEO Meg Whitman. But Brown is keeping a one-point edge, suggesting that if Whitman got any bounce from her big victory in Tuesday’s Republican primary, it was only a small one.
The numbers: Brown 45%, Whitman 44%. The survey of likely voters has a ±3% margin of error. In a previous poll from two weeks ago, Brown led Whitman by 45%-41%.
The TPM Poll Average has Brown, who was previously governor from 1975-1983 and also ran for president three times, ahead by 44.8%-40.5%.
