Fisher opens lead on Brunner

COLUMBUS — Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher opened a double-digit lead over Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, according to a new poll by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

With less than a week before the election, Fisher outpaced Brunner 41 percent to 24 percent among 987 Democratic voters questioned over the past week.

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