New Poll Shows Senate Race Wide Open

06:37

March 26, 2013

This panel of 2013 file photos show Democrat candidates for U.S. Senate, Reps. Stephen Lynch, left, and Edward Markey, right, vying for their party's nomination in the special April 30, 2013 primary. (AP Photos)

With the Senate special election primaries a little more than a month away, a new WBUR poll finds that the contest remains pretty much wide-open — thanks to many voters who remain undecided.

On the Democratic side, Congressman Ed Markey leads his Democratic rival, Congressman Steve Lynch by 11 percentage points — but 30 per cent of those polled have yet to make up their minds.

On the Republican side, former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan is leading... but again, because of those undecided voters, the race remains up in the air.

Guest

Steve Koczela, President of MassINC Polling Group, which conducted the survey for WBUR.

This segment aired on March 26, 2013.