With two weeks to go before election day, a new poll finds Democratic candidate Michelle Nunn ahead in Georgia's surprisingly tight Senate race.
Nunn tops Republican candidate David Perdue 46 percent to 44 percent in the poll, released Wednesday by SurveyUSA. Nunn's lead comes as support for Perdue has "steadily, yet slightly declined over the past six weeks" according to the local NBC affiliate.
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