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Gov. Chris GregoireA new Rasumussen Poll show Governor Chris Gregoire with a comfortable eleven point lead over her opponent, Republican Dino Rossi. The poll has Gregoire leading Rossi 52 percent to 41 percent. The last two Rasmussen snapshots, conducted in March and in February, showed statistical dead heats of 47-46, with Rossi leading in February and Gregoire on top in March.

The same pollster also shows Democrat Barack Obama leading Republican John McCain 51-40 in a presidential matchup here in the Evergreen State. This, too, is a marked increase for the Democrat from earlier polls.

A new Elway poll has Gov. Chris Gregoire leading Republican challenger Dino Rossi by a 5-point margin, 43% to 38%, the P-I is reporting. The last Elway poll, taken in January, showed Gregoire with a 48-35 lead.

Some of the crosstabs show the same findings are recent poll. Rossi has slightly stronger support among Republicans (78%) than Gregoire does with Democrats (71%). Gregoire would win Seattle handily (54%-28%), and Rossi would win Eastern Washington by a similar margin (54%-27%). Gregoire leads in King County as a whole (41%-35%), but Rossi leads the way in neighboring Pierce and Kitsap Counties, both at 45%-35%.

A KING-TV/Survey USA poll shows the gubernatorial race in a dead heat once again. In a survey of 613 registered voters asked, "Washington will elect a Governor in November 2008. If the election for Governor were today, and the only two candidates on the ballot were Republican Dino Rossi and Democrat Christine Gregoire, who would you vote for?" respondents chose Gov. Chris Gregoire over Dino Rossi 48% to 47%. 5% were undecided. The margin of error was +/- 4.1%.

A Rasmussen poll taken March 27 shows mixed partisan preferences among Evergreen State voters. In a potential matchup between Barack Obama and John McCain, the poll shows Obama leading 48% - 43%. However, if Hillary Clinton gets the Democratic nomination, McCain leads her 46% - 43%.