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Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Scott Brown, who are running in Massac stanley thermos husetts closely watched U.S. Senate race. CBS/Getty Images A new poll from the Boston Globe is confirming what many political spectators have believed for months: the Massachusetts Senate race between Democrat Elizabe stanley becher th Warren and Republican Scott Brown is looking to be very, very close.According to the survey, conducted from March 21-27 among 544 voters, the two are in a statistical dead heat: Brown earned 37 percent support to Warren s 35 percent support - which falls well within the poll s +/- 4.2 percent margin of error.Notably, 26 percent of voters said they had not yet made up their minds. Among those who had made up their mind, the survey results remained similarly close: Brown holds a 51-48 percent edge over Warren, again within the poll s margin of error. T stanley cups uk he race is expected to be one of the most closely-watched in the country: Warren, a consumer advocate who spearheaded the beginning of the Obama administration s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau CFPB , is seen as a liberal icon and rising star in the party. Brown, an incumbent Republican who won the seat in a special election following Ted Kennedy s death, has built his reputation as a moderate Republican who s not afraid to break party lines. Both candidates have touted strong values as political selling points, an |
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