RI Senate Poll: Chafee and Laffey in dead heat

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"The Washington-based group, which has endorsed Laffey, said its survey of 300 very likely Republican primary voters showed that Chafee would get 45.7 of the vote if the election ``were held today'' and Laffey, the mayor of Cranston, would get 44.3 percent."

http://www.projo.com/digitalbulletin/content/projo-20060601-poll1.429d425f.html

I am not sure if this poll is BS, but if Laffey wins the repub nomination, I think Whitehouse would defeat him in the general election. This is from Rasmussen a few weeks ago...

Lincoln Chafee (R) 44%
Sheldon Whitehouse (D) 41%

Steve Laffey (R) 32%
Sheldon Whitehouse (D) 51%

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/April%202006/Rhode%20Island%20April.htm