David Jolly Holds Solid Lead for Tuesday's GOP Primary

Submitted by Kevin Derby on January 10, 2014 - 9:51am

St. Pete Polls released a poll commissioned by Saint PetersBlog which shows attorney David Jolly, a former aide to the late U.S. Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla., with a solid lead in Tuesdays Republican congressional primary to take on former state CFO Alex Sink, the Democrat in the contest, in Marchs special election.

The poll finds Jolly in front with 37 percent followed by retired Marines Gen. Mark Bircher with 26 percent and state Rep. Kathleen Peters, R-St. Petersburg, in third with 24 percent. A St. Pete Poll from a month ago showed Jolly and Peters locked in a close contest and one from 10 days ago showed Peters in second, ahead of Bircher.

The poll of 653 registered Republicans in the district was conducted Jan. 9 and had a margin of error of +/- 3.8 percent.

Comments are now closed.