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A new poll sponsored by Ammar Campa-Najjar shows the Democrat within one point to Rep. Duncan Hunter in the race for the 50th Congressional District in East County.

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The poll of 400 likely voters by San Francisco-based Tulchin Research was conducted Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 after Hunter suggested Campa-Najjar is part of an effort by radical Muslims to infiltrate the U.S. government.

Campa-Najjar, a former Obama administration official, was raised in East County and is Christian. A paternal grandfather he never knew was Palestinian terrorist.

The new poll, which was released Thursday, showed Hunter with 45.1 percent of the likely vote to Campa-Najjar’s 44.4 percent.

“Our polling finds Republican Duncan Hunter in a statistical dead heat with his Democratic challenger,” Tulchin Research said in its report, noting “Hunter’s indictment for fraudulently spending $250,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses and his conduct since the indictment have taken a significant toll on his standing with his constituents.”

The pollsters said that among those voters who have heard about the indictment, more than two-thirds say it has made them feel “less favorable” toward Hunter.

Hunter and his father before him have represented the largely rural district in Congress for nearly four decades.

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