First-term Democratic Congressman Martin Heinrich led Republican challenger Jon Barela by six percentage points, according to the Albuquerque Journal Poll.
Heinrich, who won the 1st Congressional District in 2008, polled support from 47 percent of those surveyed while Barela got the nod from 41 percent of those polled, the Journal reported. Meanwhile 12 percent of likely voters were undecided or declined to say for whom they’d vote, meaning Barela is within striking distance of Heinrich just as the traditional election season is getting started up, the paper reported.
The survey polled voters in the 1st Congressional District from Aug. 23 through Aug. 27, the paper reported.