Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) was holding a small lead over his Republican challenger in a poll released on Tuesday by Public Policy Polling.
The poll showed the incumbent with a 1-point lead over Republican challenger Bob Beauprez. Hickenlooper garnered 45 percent of support from likely voters to Beauprez’s 44 percent, with 7 percent undecided. Four other candidates received a total of 4 percent combined.
While this is the first time that PPP has polled the race since mid-July, recent polling by other firms have shown a fluctuating race with each candidate showing leads.
Another poll released later on Tuesday by Monmouth University showed Hickenlooper leading by a 7-point margin, 50 percent to 43 percent.
The PPP survey was conducted from Oct. 16 through Oct. 19. The automated poll surveyed 778 likely voters with a margin of error of 3.5 percent.
The TPM PollTracker Average on Tuesday had Hickenlooper with a 4.7 percent lead.
Hick and Udall are gonna win. The CO GOP still hasn’t recovered from it’s 2006 implosion.
Most polls have shown Hickenlooper ahead. He will probably win. There have been a few outliers from hack pollsters like Quinnipiac that have skewed the averages.