Poll: Dem Leads in Race to Replace Ohio's Kasich

Democrat candidate for Ohio governor Richard Cordray pulled ahead of his Republican opponent, Mark DeWine, in the race to replace outgoing Gov. John Kasich, according to the latest poll from Gravis Marketing.

With just under 800 likely voters polled, Cordray came away with 48 percent of the vote, and DeWine with 43 percent, with 9 percent undecided.

DeWine, Ohio’s attorney general, has been neck-and-neck with Cordray, a former federal consumer watchdog, in most polls up until this point, though the Democrat has held a slight advantage in recent polls from Emerson College and Suffolk University.

Cordray won 59 percent of democrats and 35 percent of the GOP vote, while DeWine managed 57 percent of Republicans and 35 percent of Democrats. Among independents, Cordray fared better with 49 percent compared to DeWine’s 33 percent, though 17 percent remain uncertain.

Gravis polled 789 likely voters from October 29-30, with a margin of error of +/- 3.5 percentage points.

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