NEVADA GOVERNORS RACE: Sandoval keeps double-digit lead

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By Ed Vogel CARSON CITY -- Republican Brian Sandoval has maintained a double-digit lead over Democrat Rory Reid in the race for governor, although the gap between them has narrowed slightly, according to a poll conducted for the Review-Journal and KLAS-TV, Channel 8.

Sandoval holds a 47 percent to 36 percent lead over Reid in the poll of 625 likely voters. His 11 percentage point lead compares with a 14 percentage point margin he held in a similar poll in early June. But Brad Coker, managing director for Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., which conducted the poll, said the fluctuation was insignificant and Sandoval remains a big favorite in the race. More...