Republican businessman and Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker has managed to pull ahead of his Democratic opponent, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, leading her in the polls 45-39, according to a new Emerson College/WGBH poll.
This marks Baker’s largest lead in any poll this year.
The Emerson College survey, which contains a sampling margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 percentage points, found that a plurality of 500 likely voters in the Bay State say they plan on casting votes for the Republican candidate.
However, here’s something worth noting by WGBH — voters are a bit less certain about who they think will win. “[W]hen you look at who voters in the governor’s race who think will win, Baker and Coakley are in a dead heat at 42 percent., with 14 percent of likely voters undecided.”
“Job creation (31 percent), followed by health care (19 percent), are the most important issues in the race, according to respondents,” the report added.
The election is set for Nov. 4. Should Baker come out of the midterm victorious, he’ll join the likes of Mitt Romney, William Weld and Francis W. Sargent in convincing the people of Massachusetts to elect a Republican to head the state.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misidentified Jane Swift as an elected governor of Massachusetts. She served as acting governor from 2001 to 2003. The Washington Examiner apologizes for the error.
