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Poll: Paul, Mongiardo have strong leads in Ky.
Mike Dross, right, talks with Kentucky's Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo during a protest against U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning's decision to vote against the extension of unemployment benefits in Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday, March 2, 2010.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Republican Rand Paul and Democrat Dan Mongiardo have strong leads in their U.S. Senate primary campaigns, according to a new statewide poll.
The Courier-Journal/WHAS-11 Bluegrass Poll found Paul, a Bowling Green doctor, leads Secretary of State Trey Grayson 42 percent to 27 percent in the GOP race. Mongiardo, the state's lieutenant governor, leads Attorney General Conway by a similar wide margin, 45 to 27 percent.
Undecided voters were at 19 percent in both polls.
The Republican poll had a margin of error of 4.7 percentage points and the Democrat poll's margin is 4.1 percentage points.
