SurveyUSA is out with new numbers on the California Senate and gubernatorial races and both Democratic nominees are maintaining their recent polling leads. In the Senate race, Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer is leading Republican former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina 46%-43%, while Democratic state Attorney General Jerry Brown is up on Republican former eBay CEO Meg Whitman in the state’s gubernatorial race, 47%-43%.
When SurveyUSA last looked at these contests on September 21, both Democrats were up in their respective contests: Boxer led by six points, 49%-43%, and Brown had a three-point advantage, 46%-43%. These two closely-watched races have been heavily polled over the last few weeks. Most recently in the Senate race, a CNN/Time poll gave Boxer a 52%-43% lead over Fiorina. The Democrat hasn’t been found trailing in a poll in nearly a month. In the gubernatorial fight, an October 3 Rasmussen poll had Brown up five points, 49%-44%. He has led in five of the last six poll conducted on the race.
The TPM Poll Average shows Boxer leading the Senate race 47.4%-43.3%. In the gubernatorial contest, the TPM Poll Average shows Brown edging out Whitman 45.4%-44.8%.
The margin of error of the newest statewide survey is ±3.9 percentage points.
For more on the Senate race, check out TPMDC’s full coverage here. For more on the gubernatorial race, click here.
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