Ashley Moody Sounds Alarm as Second Poll Shows Dead Heat With Angie Nixon
Democrat Angie Nixon is challenging Republican Ashley Moody for a key Florida Senate seat formally occupied by Marco Rubio.
Florida Republican Senator Ashley Moody’s campaign recently warned in an email to supporters that the special election to fill the seat vacated by Marco Rubio is a "dead heat" with Democrat Angie Nixon. Two recent opinion polls conducted by St. Pete Polls and Change Research indicate the two candidates are nearly level. The St. Pete Polls survey, which polled 913 likely Florida voters from September 15 to 17, showed Moody leading by just 0.4 percentage points (45.2 percent to 44.8 percent).
However, the Change Research poll conducted by Freedom Project USA from September 7-9 found the candidates tied at 47 percent each, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points. Despite recent polling tight races, Moody appears to be the frontrunner according to Decision Desk HQ, which gives her a 78 percent probability of winning.
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