Grayson Poll Shows There's Room for 'Others' in CD 8 Race

An internal poll conducted for Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, shows him leading the 8th Congressional District field with 40 percent of the vote.

Republican nominee Daniel Webster had 27 percent while "others" pulled 23 percent in the survey. Eleven percent were undecided.

The "others" included Florida TEA Party's Peg Dunmire, No Party Affiliation candidate George Metcalfe, and Florida Whig Party hopeful Steve Gerritzen, who is running as a write-in.

If accurate (you might be wondering about that 101 percent total), the survey suggests Webster, a former state Senate president who easily won a seven-way primary and has the backing of his six former GOP rivals, is underperforming in a district that is roughly split in thirds -- Democrat, Republican and independent.

The splintered results prompted the Independent Political Report to declare, "Dunmire still appears to have the potential to capitalize on Republican discontent."