Poll--NM Governor Denish (D) 46% Martinez (R) 46%

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SCORE EXCLUSIVE – DENISH REBOUNDS: Democrat Diane Denish has picked up speed in the race for governor of New Mexico and has surged into a tie with Republican Susana Martinez, according to a poll taken for Vote New Mexico PAC by Third Eye Strategies. Denish, the sitting lieutenant governor, and Martinez, the Dona Ana County district attorney, are both at 46 percent, with 7 percent of voters undecided. Both candidates have gone harshly negative in recent weeks and the Democratic Governors Association has carpet-bombed Martinez with ads accusing her of misusing government resources on bonuses for her employees. Pollster Stephen Clermont, an experienced New Mexico analyst, sums up the way forward for Denish in a memo to the campaign: “If Denish can keep her high level support with Democrats, turn them out, and win over undecided DTS voters, it’s difficult to see a clear path to victory for Martinez given the way registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans in New Mexico.” Read Clermont’s whole memo here.

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