NECN - Tisei leads Tierney in new poll

Posing for pictures and shaking hands during a day of retail politicking at the Topsfield Fair, it was easy for Republican congressional candidate Richard Tisei to have a smile on his face: A new Boston Globe poll showed him opening up a surprising 6-point lead over incumbent eight-term Democrat John Tierney.

However, the poll also showed a whopping 30 percent of voters undecided – indicating that what is by far Republicans’ best shot at knocking out one of the state’s all-Democrat delegation is certain to be a bruising, contentious contest for the last five weeks.

MassINC polling president Steve Koczela said differences in how he and the Globe/University of New Hampshire worded the poll may account for the much higher undecided count in this poll than the MassINC poll.