As Republican candidates position themselves to take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in Georgia, Rep. Buddy Carter is leading the GOP field, according to a new internal poll obtained by NOTUS.
With a margin of error of just over 3%, the internal polling memo was conducted for the Carter campaign and surveyed 970 likely Republican primary election voters between June 8 and June 10. And according to the poll, Carter holds a nine-point lead at 27% over a hypothetical field that includes Rep. Mike Collins (18%), Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (10%) and John King (2%), the state’s insurance commissioner and safety fire commissioner. (Thus far, King is the only other announced candidate.)
While it’s good news for Carter, there are also some positive signs for other Republicans — namely, that 43% of the respondents said they were undecided. And no GOP candidate was close to the required 50% they’ll need to avoid a runoff election.