A new survey suggests that Brown is supported by 51 percent of likely voters. Poll: Brown up by 9 points in Ohio

Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, running for re-election in Ohio, is ahead of GOP challenger Josh Mandel by nine points in a poll released Wednesday.

Brown is supported over Mandel, the state treasurer, 51-42 percent, according to a poll from Quinnipiac University. Independent voters are split nearly evenly between the two candidates, with 46 percent supporting Mandel, and 44 percent aligning with Brown, according to Quinnipiac.


The survey, conducted Oct. 23-28 in conjunction with the New York Times and CBS News, polled 1,110 likely voters in Ohio, and has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 2.9 percent.

Meanwhile, a survey from Rasmussen Reports, also out Wednesday, finds the race closer, with Brown leading Mandel 50-48 percent. That poll, of 750 likely Ohio voters, was conducted Oct. 28 and has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 4 percentage points.