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Rasmussen Poll: GOPer Nikki Haley Up 14 In SC-GOV Race

SC-GOV Republican candidate Nikki Haley

Rasmussen has new numbers from South Carolina’s governor’s race — the first in over a month — and they show Republican nominee Nikki Haley still out in front with a considerable lead over state Sen. Vincent Sheheen, the Democratic nominee.

Haley’s up 49%-35% against Sheheen, which gives her a slightly larger lead than she had in Rasmussen’s June 23 survey of the race, which put her ahead 52%-40%. Her current margin isn’t quite as big as the one she enjoyed during her primary runoff campaign, when Rasmussen showed her up 21 points over Sheheen.

The TPM Poll Average of the race has Haley with 50.0% and Sheheen with 35.8%. The margin of error of the latest Rasmussen poll is ±4.5 percentage points.

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