Internal Democratic Party poll shows near tie between Richard Cordray and Mike DeWine

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Internal polling from the Ohio Democratic Party obtained by cleveland.com shows a head-to-head matchup between ex-consumer watchdog Richard Cordray and Attorney General Mike DeWine in the race for governor is nearly even, though DeWine still leads.

The poll was administered by Public Policy Polling, a firm typically used by Democrats, and was taken from Jan. 22-23. The sample size was 585 voters with a margin of error of four percentage points. Answers were collected via automated telephone interviews.

The results obtained by cleveland.com did not contain any primary election data and only included three head-to-head matchups between Democratic candidates and DeWine, a Republican.

Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper confirmed the poll was authentic, but declined to comment on it.

DeWine led Cordray 45-44, within the margin of error, while 11 percent were undecided.

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