Rasmussen Poll Has Martinez Up by 5 Points

Susana Martinez

From the New Mexico Independent - Republican Susana Martinez leads Democrat Diane Denish by five points — 48 percent to 43 percent — among likely voters, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released Thursday. The results reflect a positive movement for Martinez, the Dona Ana County District Attorney, who was tied with Denish, the state’s current Lieutenant Governor, in May and June according to similar Rasmussen surveys, the polling firm said in a release issued Thursday to announce the results.

Diane Denish

Martinez’s surge wasn’t enough to persuade Rasmussen to move the New Mexico governor’s race from the Toss-Up column to Lean GOP, however. Six percent of the 750 likely New Mexico voters who Rasmussen surveyed were undecided, while three percent preferred some other candidate in the race, the release said. Read more here:

Rasmussen Poll Has Martinez Up by 5 Points