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McConnell Re-Takes Lead in Latest Bluegrass Poll

Offices of Sen. McConnell and Sec. Grimes

 Two weeks until Election Day and Kentucky's hotly-contested U.S. Senate seat appears to remain up for grabs. 

Mitch McConnell re-took the lead in the latest Bluegrass Pollreleased Monday evening. The incumbent Republican Senator edged his Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes by one point, 44-43 percent.  It marks a turnaround from the previous Bluegrass Poll which showed Grimes with a slight advantage. 

Both leads fell within the poll's margin of error. 

Meantime, another poll released Monday by WKU's Social Science Research Center found McConnell leading the race by five points over Grimes.  That survey was take between Oct. 6 and Monday and surveyed 601 likely Kentucky voters. 

The award-winning news team at WKU Public Radio consists of Dan Modlin, Kevin Willis, Lisa Autry, and Joe Corcoran.
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