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September 5, 2006

Poll: Fogarty takes lead from Carcieri

Lt. Gov. Charles J. Fogarty is leading Governor Carcieri in the battle for the state's top elected office, according to a poll released today by the independent pollster Rasmussen Reports.

Forty-six percent of likely voters supported Fogarty, a Democrat, while 41 percent supported the Republican Carcieri, in the telephone survey of 500 likely voters conducted Aug. 23. The margin of error is 4.5 points.

Today's poll is the first to show the incumbent Carcieri behind. In a similar poll conducted last month, Fogarty and Carcieri were neck-in-neck, 42 percent to 43 percent respectively.

The Rasmussen poll also found the numbers in the battle for U.S. Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee's seat largely unchanged.

Chafee slightly trails Democratic challenger Sheldon Whitehouse 44 percent to 42 percent -- a statistical tie because the lead is within the margin of error. Cranston Mayor Stephen P. Laffey continues to fare poorly against Whitehouse, trailing 58 percent to 31 percent.

Rasmussen did not match Laffey against Chafee. The pair will face off in the Republican primary a week from today.

-- projo.com staff writer Steve Peoples

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