Former Rep. Rob Portman is leading among Ohio voters in the Republican primary to succeed retiring Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, according to a Quinnipiac University poll taken Sept. 10-13.
In the Democratic primary, Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher leads Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner 26 percent to 17 percent, and in the Republican primary, Portman leads opponent Tom Ganley, a car dealer from Cleveland, 27 percent to 9 percent, Quinnipiac said.
In general election matchups, Democratic candidates have an advantage:
Fisher leads Portman 42 percent to 31 percent and Ganley 41 percent to 29 percent, while Brunner leads Portman 39 percent to 34 percent and Ganley 39 percent to 31 percent, Quinnipiac said.
But at the moment the big winner in Ohio's Democratic and Republican primaries is "undecided," where 55 percent of Democrats and 61 percent of Republicans place themselves, Quinnipiac said.
The poll was based on telephone interviews with 1,074 registered voters in Ohio and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. For the primaries, the Quinnipiac poll interviewed 375 Republicans for a margin of error of plus of minus 5 percentage points and 421 Democrats for a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 percentage points.
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