A new poll of the U.S. Senate race in Colorado by USA Today and Suffolk University finds Republican Cory Gardner with a seven-point lead over first-term Democratic incumbent Mark Udall. The poll found 46 percent of likely Colorado voters say they prefer Gardner, while 39 percent say they prefer Udall. USA Today has also shifted their projection of the race from a toss-up to leaning Republican.

This is the seventh straight poll to show Gardner in the lead, and the Real Clear Politics average of polls gives the Republican a 4.4-point lead.