The Georgia primary is over (except for a runoff between the GOP senate candidates), and we now know who will be the party candidates in the Fall. Last week, I posted about a poll showing Democrat Michelle Nunn with a small lead over both Republican runoff hopefuls in the senate race. Now the Rasmussen Poll has released a survey on the governor's race between Republican incumbent Nathan Deal and his Democratic opponent Jason Carter.
The survey was done on May 21st and 22nd of 750 likely Georgia voters, and has a margin of error of 4 points -- and it should give Georgia Democrats a good shot in the arm as the general election campaign gets started. That's because the poll shows Jason Carter (grandson of former President Jimmy Carter) has a 7 point lead over the incumbent Republican (48% to 41%).
Polls have shown for a couple of months now that this is a close race, and this latest survey shows the Democrat is not fading in the race. There's still a few months before election day in November and anything can happen, but the poll does show that Georgia may not be as red as some people think. The Democratic candidates for both the governor and senate races have a real chance to win this year.
