MA Gov: Deval Patrick Leads in the Stretch 
The undecideds have been breaking decisively for Patrick, as have many last minute endorsements, including more than a dozen newspaper editorials.
His opponents, each avatars of The Conventional Wisdom and the preferred candidate of Beacon Hill insiders and the Consultantocracy, have spent millions of dollars each and many times more than Patrick. But Patrick has run his campaing his own way. He does not, as so many others seem to do, confuse democracy with merely raising a lot of money from fat cats to buy TV asvertising.
Heading into the final days of the campaign, Deval Patrick has opened up a commanding lead in the Democratic race for governor, far outpacing his closest challenger, Christopher Gabrieli, and leaving Thomas F. Reilly a distant third, according to a new poll conducted for The Boston Globe and CBS4-TV.Forty-six percent of those surveyed supported Patrick, 25 percent backed Gabrieli, and 18 percent were for Reilly in the poll of 523 likely voters in Tuesday's primary election. Only 6 percent said they were undecided, while 4 percent expressed support for other candidates in next Tuesday's election. The survey was taken Sept. 12-15 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percent.
The survey found voters shifted to Patrick in the last few weeks, despite the millions of dollars that Gabrieli and Reilly have spent on television advertising since late August. A Globe poll, taken Aug. 18-23, showed that the three were in a virtual dead heat, with Patrick at 31 percent, Gabrieli 30 percent, and Reilly 27 percent. In March, a similar poll gave Reilly a strong lead in the race.
Asked which candidate had the best television ads, 36 percent chose Gabrieli, 26 percent said Patrick and 12 percent said Reilly.
KEYWORDS: Deval Patrick
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