First poll hits the media….
It was done for Nirav Shah , who is one of the three now vying for the spot….
The numbers ARE TIGHT…..
A poll of potential replacements for Graham Platner, who dropped out of the Maine Senate race on Wednesday, found a trio of former gubernatorial candidates in tight head-to-head battles against Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
The statewide poll, shared first with NOTUS, pitted Collins against former Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Nirav Shah, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and former state Senate President Troy Jackson. It found the potential contests at 47 percent for Shah to 46 percent for Collins; 47-47 for Bellows versus Collins; and Jackson getting 47 percent to Collins’ 48 percent. All three results are within the poll’s margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
Shah and Jackson have both announced plans to run, while Bellows said she is “seriously considering” it.
The survey was conducted by Z to A Research and commissioned by a pro-Shah outside group, according to a person directly familiar with the research….
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