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Mason-Dixon Poll: Dem Sink Up 4 In FL-GOV Race

Florida gubernatorial candidates Alex Sink (D) and Rick Scott (R)

She may be trailing in many recent polls, but Democratic state Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink still leads the Florida gubernatorial race in a newly released Mason-Dixon survey. The latest poll finds Sink leading Republican former hospital executive Rick Scott 44%-40%.

When Mason-Dixon looked at this race on September 22, the Democrat was leading by seven points, 47%-40%. An October 3 Sunshine State News poll had Scott on top of the contest by two points, 44%-42%. Just prior to that, Republican-leaning pollster Public Opinion Strategies had him up 46%-42% and a Rasmussen survey showed a 46%-41% advantage for the Republican nominee.

The TPM Poll Average finds Scott ahead 45.1%-42.3%. The margin of error for the latest survey is ±4.0 percentage points.

2010 elections, Alex Sink, FL-GOV, Polls, Rick Scott

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