August 02, 2006 01:45 AM UTC

New Poll Shows Perlmutter with Big Lead

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• by: Colorado Pols

The Rocky Mountain News reports that a new poll to be released soon shows that Democrat Ed Perlmutter has a huge lead over Peggy Lamm and Herb Rubenstein heading into next week’s CD-7 primary.

According to the campaign, the Survey USA poll of likely Democratic voters in the suburban Denver district found the following amount of support for each Democratic candidate:

Perlmutter … 51 percent
Peggy Lamm … 31 percent
Herb Rubenstein … 10 percent
Undecided … 8 percent

Campaign spokesman Scott Chase said the survey asked respondents if they were Democrats and if they were likely to vote in the 7th district primary on Aug. 8. Those who answered “yes” to both questions were asked, “Who are you supporting?”

This is obviously good news for Perlmutter, but it’s hard to believe that any candidate would have a 20-point lead at this point in the race.