OH-01: Internal poll shows tight race brewing in key Ohio House race
Rep. Steve Chabot (R) and Democrat Kate Schroder are in an increasingly tight race in Ohio’s 1st Congressional District, according to an internal poll from Schroder’s campaign.
The new survey, obtained exclusively by The Hill, shows Chabot with a 2-point lead among registered voters, a difference that falls within the poll’s margin of error. Chabot gets the support of 48 percent of likely voters in the poll, compared with 46 percent for Schroder, a health care advocate.
Schroder trailed the 12-term incumbent by a 43 percent to 50 percent margin in a poll from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee released in April.
“This most recent polling confirms what we already know: our community is ready for change. We’re ready for fresh leadership over career politicians — someone who will put working families over special interests. I’m motivated and humbled to be part of this grassroots movement — and to be one step closer to flipping this seat in November,” Schroder said in a statement to The Hill.
The race in the Cincinnati-area district appears to be tightening in the final 100 days leading up to the election. Schroder raised about $624,000 in the second quarter of the year, while Chabot raised roughly $310,000, leading the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, to shift its rating of the race from “lean Republican” to “toss up.”
Chabot won reelection in 2018 by more than 4 points against Democrat Aftab Pureval, whose campaign was caught up in a campaign finance scandal.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/508362-internal-poll-shows-tight-race-brewing-in-key-ohio-house-race
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