Poll: Republican Dean Heller leaps ahead in Nevada following Kavanaugh confirmation

The Democrats' best hope at unseating an incumbent Senate Republican seems to be slipping away as a new poll shows Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., leading his Democratic challenger, Rep. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev.

The Emerson College poll has Heller leading with 48 percent support among likely voters to Rosen's 41 percent, with 8 percent of respondents undecided. The poll has a 4.2 percent margin of error. This is a big shift from one month ago, when Gravis released a poll in mid-September showing Rosen leading Heller by two points among likely voters.

Since the controversy surrounding Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court, Heller has led Rosen in polls conducted by NBC News and the New York Times.

Because Hillary Clinton won Nevada in the 2016 election, Heller was seen as the most vulnerable Senate Republican running in the 2018 cycle. But the Democrats may have blown their chances to pick up this seat with their horrible mistreatment of Kavanaugh.

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