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Portman, Fisher start out tied in race for U.S. Senate.
Democrat Lee Fisher and Republican Rob Portman are starting their general election campaign for the U.S. Senate in a virtual tie among likely voters, according to a Rasmussen Reports survey released on Friday, May 7.
The survey, taken on Wednesday, May 5, showed Fisher, the lieutenant governor, leading 43-42 percent, with 4 percent choosing another candidate and 11 percent undecided.
The poll, with margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percent, came just a day after Fisher defeated Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner for the Democratic nomination in the Ohio primary.
Portman, a former Cincinnati-area U.S. House member and budget director and U.S. trade representative for President George W. Bush, was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
The winner in the general election will replace Republican Sen. George Voinovich who is retiring at the end of the year.
The survey was taken with 500 likely voters.
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