Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and Republican state Attorney General Derek Schmidt are effectively tied in the race for governor with less than two months before Election Day, according to a poll released Wednesday.
Kelly has a small lead over Schmidt, 45% to 43%, in the poll conducted by Emerson College Polling and The Hill. But the incumbent governor’s lead falls within the 3% margin of error for the poll, which surveyed 1,000 likely Kansas voters Sept. 15-18.
State Sen. Dennis Pyle, a former Republican running as an independent candidate, has 3% support. Pyle has been portraying both Kelly and Schmidt as too liberal — likely drawing more support from the Republican candidate than the Democrat in the lead up to the Nov. 8 election.
