Democrat David Cicilline and Republican John Loughlin are in a dead heat in the race to succeed Patrick Kennedy in Congress, according to a NBC 10-Quest Research poll released Thursday night.
The poll asked the preferences of 486 likely voters in the 1st Congressional District. It has a margin of error of about 4.5 percent. The NBC 10-Quest Research poll is part of WJAR's election year partnership with Rhode Island College and the American Democracy Project.
Forty-two percent said they would vote for Cicilline, the Providence mayor, or were leaning that way. Forty percent said they would vote Loughlin. The results are within the poll's margin of error.
Independent candidates Gregory Raposa and Ken Capalbo had 5 percent and 4 percent, respectively. Nine percent said they were undecided or had no answer.
Kennedy announced in February that he would not seek re-election.
In Rhode Island's 2nd District, incumbent Jim Langevin maintained a commanding lead in his bid for a sixth term in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to the NBC 10-Quest Research poll.
The poll asked the preferences of 215 likely voters in the district with a margin of error of 6.68 percent.
Fifty-four percent said they would vote for Langevin or were leaning that way. Republican Mark Zaccaria had 19 percent, followed by independent John Matson with 9 percent. Eighteen percent said they were undecided or had no answer.
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