New Poll has Marco Rubio Edging Charlie Crist -- While Jeff Greene Does Better than Kendrick Meek

Rasmussen Reports released a poll on Thursday morning showing the U.S. Senate battle remains up for grabs between independent candidate Gov. Charlie Crist and former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the likely Republican nominee.

Rubio pulled 36 percent in the poll with Crist right behind at 34 percent. U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, who is facing a tough battle from billionaire investor Jeff Greene for the Democratic nomination, trailed behind with 15 percent. The poll found 14 percent of Florida voters were undecided. Last month, the poll had Rubio and Crist with 37 percent each with Meek at 15 percent.

The poll has more bad news for Meek, who announced on Thursday morning that his campaign had raised $1 million during the second quarter of 2010 -- far behind the totals that Rubio and Crist had raised in the first quarter of 2010 and what they are expected to announce they brought in during the second quarter.

The poll found Greene did better in the general election than Meek did. When the Democratic nominees was changed, Rubio pulled 37 percent, Crist 33 percent and Greene 18 percent.

The statewide telephone survey of 500 likely voters was conducted on July 6, 2010 with a sampling error of +/-4.5.