Two new polls released Thursday offer different pictures of the election in Colorado, as one puts the presidential race at a dead-heat and another shows Democrat Hillary Clinton with the advantage against Republican Donald Trump.

A Colorado Mesa University-Rocky Mountain PBS poll gave Clinton a nine-point lead against Trump, 44 percent to 35 percent, among likely voters in a head-to-head matchup. Another 14 percent supported a third-party candidate and 7 percent remain undecided.

In a four-way race that includes the Libertarian and Green party candidates, Clinton’s margin narrowed to seven percentage points, 41 percent to 34 percent, just outside the plus-or-minus 6.3 percentage point margin of error. Libertarian Gary Johnson drew 12 percent.

But a Quinnipiac University survey of likely voters suggested the contest is a tie, with Clinton and Trump locked at 47 percent in a two-way race.

The four-way scenario essentially showed a dead-heat: Clinton at 44 percent and Trump at 42 percent, within the 3.9 percentage point margin of error. Johnson received 10 percent.

“Once a red state, headed towards blue, you can’t get more purple than a tie — and that’s where Colorado is as Election Day approaches,” said Tim Malloy, an assistant director of the Connecticut-based Quinnipiac poll.

Both polls — conducted in mid-September with different methodology — offer further evidence that the race in Colorado is becoming more competitive just one month before ballots hit mailboxes. Earlier this year, Democrats enjoyed double-digit advantages but observers in both parties expected the gap to narrow given the state’s divided electorate.

In Colorado’s U.S. Senate race, the Colorado Mesa poll showed Bennet with a comfortable advantage — boasting 45 percent support compared to 32 percent for Republican challenger Darryl Glenn. Another 20 percent remain undecided in the Senate race.

The CMU poll also found strong support, 70 percent, for Proposition 106 to allow access to medical aid-in-dying medication.

Amendment 70 to raise the state minimum wage won support from 58 percent, while Amendment 71 to make it more difficult to amend the state constitution receive 56 percent.

But 56 percent are opposed to Amendment 69 to create a government-funded statewide health care system.

The Colorado Mesa survey is a first for the Grand Junction school’s Social Research Center. The university used public and university foundation money to pay for the poll, with a contribution from Rocky Mountain PBS. The pollsters at Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania designed and conducted the survey, which is weighted to reflect Colorado’s registered voters.

CMU President Tim Foster said it’s the first of two polls expected in the next year designed to gauge public opinions in Colorado. The next will debut in the spring and look at attitudes in western Colorado.

“There was a bit of a vacuum,” Foster said. “Nobody was doing (polling) in Colorado.”