Herman Cain and Mitt Romney in Dead Heat in Florida

An NBC/Marist poll released on Wednesday morning found businessman Herman Cain and former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts in a close contest among likely Florida Republican primary voters. Cain took 32 percent in the poll while Romney was right behind him at 31 percent. Gov. Rick Perry of Texas was a distant third at 8 percent followed by former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas who were tied with 6 percent each.

The poll of 524 likely Florida Republican primary voters was conducted from Oct. 10-12 and had a margin of error of +/- 4.3 percent.