Fallin's camp maintains the front-runner still is ahead by double digits heading into the final week of the campaign.
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BY MICHAEL MCNUTT 25
Published: October 27, 2010
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jari Askins said Tuesday she is gaining on her opponent, while a spokesman Mary Fallin says the Republican continues to enjoy a 10- to 20-point lead in their polls.
Askins, behind in all polls since she and Fallin won their political parties' nominations in late July, said her campaign's polling indicates the gap has been reduced to single digits.
Askins, the state's lieutenant governor who also is a former legislator and judge, trailed in polls in the days leading up to the July 27 Democratic primary but was able to squeeze out a victory over Attorney General Drew Edmondson. In that race, her polling began to show she was gaining on Edmondson about 10 days before the primary election, she said.
With voters going to the polls Nov. 2, the governor's race will be much closer than polls that showed her 15 points behind two weeks ago, Askins said.
"That's not what we see; it's close," Askins said. "It's in single digits. We're in good shape." FULL ARTICLE
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by Crystal Drwenski