There are nine races among the 36 gubernatorial elections taking place in November throwsincluding Ohio, where Democrat Richard Cordray and state Attorney General Mike DeWine are neck and neck in a recent poll.
A POLITICO/AARP poll of 1,592 registered Ohio voters found the two candidates nearly tied in the race, with DeWine receiving the support of 39 percent of respondents compared to Cordray’s 38 percent. Twenty-three percent of respondents were undecided.
The attorney general’s lead was larger among voters 50 and older, with 44 percent of voters supporting DeWine compared to 38 percent supporting Cordray. Nineteen percent of this demographic was undecided.
POLITICO/AARP Poll: @MikeDeWine AND @RichCordray practically tied; @Sherrod Brown beating @JimRenacci. #OHGov #OHSsen https://t.co/WdorA9F3wX
— Randy Ludlow (@RandyLudlow) September 12, 2018
The margin of error in the overall survey, which was conducted September 2-11, is +/- 2 percentage points. The results for people over 50 have a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.
RealClearPolitics poll average Cordray edged DeWine by 1.6 percentage points.
DeWine is a household name in Ohio, given his prosperous political history in the state. He won his first position in 1976 as Greene County prosecutor and served in the Ohio State Senate, as well as the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Cordray attacked him for being career politician– but the label doesn’t seem to bother DeWine.
This isn’t the first time Cordray and DeWine have fought each other. In 2010, DeWine defeated incumbent Cordray became state attorney general.
