New Internal Poll Shows Weiser Surging Past Bennet in Democratic Governor Primary

By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics

Attorney General Phil Weiser holds a lead over U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet among likely voters less than a week before ballots are due in Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, according to a new poll released Thursday by a group backing Weiser.

The survey, conducted Wednesday and Thursday by Democratic firm Public Policy Polling, found Weiser with 45% support to Bennet’s 36%, with 19% undecided.

Fighting for Colorado, a state super PAC formed to support Weiser, commissioned the poll, which has a margin of error of 4 percentage points. PPP interviewed 600 likely voters — including Democrats and unaffiliated voters who said they’ll cast ballots in the Democratic primary — using a mix of automated calls to landline phones and text messages.

Primary ballots started going out to most Colorado voters on June 8 and are due back to county clerks by 7 p.m. on June 30.

Bennet and Weiser are slugging it out for the chance to run in November for the office held by two-term Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, who faces term limits. Three Republicans — state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer, state Rep. Scott Bottoms and ministry leader Victor Marx — are vying for the GOP nomination.

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