A poll commissioned by the National Republican Congressional Committee shows Johnson leading Democrat Chris Murphy by 10 points. A separate poll commissioned by Murphy's campaign says the race is a dead heat.
Both polls, however, show Murphy, a state senator from Cheshire, closing the gap.
Biased though I am, I'd trust Murphy's poll if only because the Republican poll was conducted in the context of testing anti-Murphy negative messages.
Republicans have a history of promoting questionable polls that show their guy way ahead, but I wonder why in this post-Foley moment, when there is a very real possibility that Republican voters will simply stay home on election day, the Republicans are telling people that Nancy is comfortably ahead?