Here's some encouraging news:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, a Democrat, leads Republican businessman Charlie Baker in the state's governor's race, according to the first poll released since last week's party primaries.
Some 41 percent of likely voters said they would cast their ballots for Coakley, who could be the first woman elected to the office, while 34 percent backed Baker, findings by the WBUR/MassINC Polling Group showed on Wednesday.
Another roughly 20 percent of the 504 people polled Sept. 11-14 said they had not yet made up their minds following each party's competitive primary.
The gap in the poll, which had a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points, backs up Coakley's advantage found by polls of a theoretical contest between the pair ahead of the Sept. 9 primary.
Political analysts have noted that some Democratic voters in the state remain wary of Coakley following her stunning 2010 loss of a U.S. Senate bid to the then-little-known Republican state legislator Scott Brown, who is currently running for a U.S. Senate seat from New Hampshire. - Reuters, 9/17/14
Here's some more info:
http://www.wbur.org/...
The previous two WBUR surveys showed Coakley with similar leads over Baker — 5 points and, before that, 9 points. The margins suggest the race remains largely unchanged, even with a rise in media coverage and negative political ads following the September primaries.
In spite of Coakley’s consistent lead, Steve Koczela, president of The MassINC Polling Group, which conducts surveys for WBUR, said in reality, the race is extraordinarily close.
“If you look at the candidate favorables, Charlie Baker is actually better liked than Martha Coakley,” Koczela said. “And, that’s important because … if you have one candidate who’s better liked and slightly behind it appears to show they have more room to grow.”
The poll suggests Baker needs to grow the most with women voters. Past Massachusetts elections have shown women consistently tilt the balance of power at the ballot box.
In the new WBUR poll, Coakley holds a 20-point advantage over Baker among women, 47-27. - WBUR, 9/17/14
All in all, I feel pretty optimistic about this race but of course anything can happen between now and November. Click here to donate and get involved with Coakley's campaign:
http://www.marthacoakley.com/