Republican Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. leads Democrat Kathleen Kennedy Townsend 46 percent to 43 percent in the race for Maryland governor, according to a poll for Washington television station WRC-NBC4 released yesterday.
The poll is the first to show Ehrlich with a lead in the tightening contest, although it has a margin of error of 4 percentage points, meaning the race remains a statistical tie, as other recent polls have suggested. It was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., which surveyed 625 likely voters statewide.
Brad Coker, a director with Mason-Dixon, said Townsend's support was slipping in Montgomery and Prince George's counties, the state's two most populous counties, where she previously had scored well.
The poll is the first to show Ehrlich with a lead in the tightening contest, although it has a margin of error of 4 percentage points, meaning the race remains a statistical tie, as other recent polls have suggested. It was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., which surveyed 625 likely voters statewide.
Brad Coker, a director with Mason-Dixon, said Townsend's support was slipping in Montgomery and Prince George's counties, the state's two most populous counties, where she previously had scored well.