(N.M.) Poll: Lujan Grisham has sizable lead over Pearce for governor

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Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham has expanded her lead over Republican Steve Pearce in a high-profile New Mexico governor’s race that has become increasingly pugnacious in recent weeks, a new Journal Poll found.

Fifty-three percent of likely general election voters surveyed last week said they would vote – or had already voted – for Lujan Grisham, while 43 percent said they would support Pearce. The remaining voters surveyed would not say which candidate they planned to vote for or were undecided.

The new poll found Lujan Grisham’s lead over Pearce has specifically increased in recent weeks among female voters and independents, or those who decline to affiliate with a political party.

Lujan Grisham, who lives in Albuquerque and was a state Cabinet secretary under three different governors, won a bruising three-way primary election in June, with roughly two-thirds of the votes cast in the race.

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