Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the two incumbents up for re-election in November, are maintaining leads over their challengers in the first general election poll.

The Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll of 500 likely Massachusetts voters showed they approve of the job Warren, a Cambridge Democrat, and Baker, a Swampscott Republican are doing. Approximately 68 percent believe the state is headed in the right direction and 19 percent believe it's going in the wrong direction.

Warren is running for a second six-year term, while Baker is running for a second four-year term. Both are on the Nov. 6 ballot.

Baker, who won the Corner Office in 2014 by 40,000 votes, picked up 55.4 percent of likely voters in the Suffolk/Globe poll, and Jay Gonzalez, a Democrat who served as Gov. Deval Patrick's budget chief, received 27.8 percent. Nearly 17 percent said they're undecided.

Warren received 53.8 percent and her Republican challenger, state Rep. Geoff Diehl, garnered 24.4 percent. Independent Shiva Ayyadurai received 6 percent. Among those polled, 15.6 percent were undecided.

"Both Charlie Baker and Elizabeth Warren are entertaining landslide scenarios, even though they follow different paths," David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, said in a statement.

"Warren's rock-solid Democratic base offsets losses among Republicans, and she stays competitive among independents," he added. "Baker is competitive among Democrats and dominates among independents and Republicans."

The candidates taking on Baker and Warren continue to struggle with low name recognition, according to the poll.

Asked to rate Baker's job performance, 72 percent said they approve of the job he's doing, while 17.8 percent said they disapprove, and 10.2 percent were undecided.

As for Warren, 57.4 percent said they approve of the job she's doing in the US Senate, and 35.2 percent said they disapprove. Roughly 7 percent said they're undecided.

The Suffolk/Globe poll relied on cell phone and landline users, and took place September 13 through September 17.