A new poll by Rasmussen Reports shows that Greenwich Republican Tom Foley would defeat either Ned Lamont or Dannel Malloy in the November gubernatorial election.
The telephone poll of 500 residents showed that Foley would beat Lamont, a fellow Greenwich resident, by 44 percent to 37 percent. Another 13 percent of those polled said that they were not sure, and 7 percent picked another candidate.
Foley would also defeat Malloy, the former mayor of Stamford, by 44 percent to 35 percent. In that potential contest, 14 percent were unsure and 8 percent chose another candidate.
The Republican and Democratic primaries are slated for Tuesday, August 10, and the general election is in November.
Both Lamont and Malloy would defeat Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele by three percentage points each in potential match-ups for November, according to the poll.
Foley has been on television far more than any other candidate in the race. Neither Lamont nor Malloy has broadcast TV commercials yet, and Fedele is running an ad primarily on the Fox News Channel to target conservative Republicans who are either delegates to the May convention or likely voters in the August primary.