By AP
LANSING, MI –
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A new poll shows Democratic U.S. Reps. Mark Schauer and Gary Peters apparently are leading in the 7th and 9th districts.
The EPIC-MRA poll shows 45% back Schauer while 39% support former GOP Rep. Tim Walberg. Seven percent back a third-party candidate, and 9% were undecided.
Peters has the support of 48% while Republican Rocky Raczkowski was backed by 43% in the 9th District. Four percent back other candidates, and 5 percent were undecided.
The poll interviewed 400 likely voters in each of the two districts on Saturday and Sunday and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
It was commissioned by the Detroit Free Press and TV stations WXYZ, WOOD, WILX, and WJRT.
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