The final pre-election Berkeley IGS Poll finds Democratic Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom poised to become California’s next governor. According to the poll Newsom is comfortably leading his Republican challenger businessman John Cox among the state’s likely voters by a 58% to 40% margin.
In the U.S. Senate race incumbent Democrat Dianne Feinstein also leads, but by a somewhat smaller margin. Her opponent, fellow Democratic state Senator Kevin De Leon, who finished second in the state’s top two primary in June, trails the state’s senior Senator 45% to 36%. CONT.
Mark DiCamillo, Institute of Governmental Studies, Berkeley