Forty-two percent of those polled said they had a favorable opinion of Judd. PPP: Kentucky Dems want Judd

Actress Ashley Judd is by far the most popular candidate among Kentucky Democrats to take on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for his Senate seat in 2014, according to a new poll released Tuesday.

Judd is the first choice for 29 percent of Democrats polled, followed by Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson with 16 percent and two-term attorney general Jack Conway with 15 percent, Public Policy Polling reported. No other Democratic candidate had more than 10 percent of the vote.


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In a McConnell-Judd match-up, the longtime Republican senator would win with 47 percent of the vote and Judd 43 percent, with 10 percent saying they weren’t sure.

Forty-two percent of those polled also said they had a favorable opinion of Judd, while 36 percent registered an unfavorable view and 22 percent were not sure, the poll said.

The survey of 1,266 Kentucky voters and 585 Democratic primary voters was conducted between Dec. 7-9. The margin of error for all voters was plus or minus 2.8 percentage points, and plus or minus 4.1 percentage points for Democrats.