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Poll Finds Sam Brownback Trailing His Democratic Challenger

Poll Finds GOP Gov Trailing His Democratic Challenger
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WASHINGTON - MAY 18: Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), listens to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar testify during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on May 18, 2010 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony about the accident involving the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded and is now leaking oil into the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) is still trailing Democratic rival Paul Davis, a poll released Thursday finds.

A KSN News poll found Davis, a member of the state's House of Representatives, leading Brownback 48 to 40 percent, slightly up from a survey conducted by the NBC affiliate last month. KSN cited Davis' growing support among Republicans -- 29 percent said they plan to vote for the state representative versus 24 percent in the June poll -- as one reason for his gain.

Davis also has strong support from women: 51 percent of female respondents said they'd vote for the Democrat, versus 36 percent who would support Brownback.

Earlier this month, Davis picked up the endorsement of Republicans for Kansas values, a group of 104 current and former Republican officeholders.

“This election should not be about electing a Republican or a Democrat as Governor. It must be about electing a moderate, commonsense Kansan as governor,” former state Senate President Dick Bond said of the endorsement.

The KSN survey was conducted from July 17 to 22 and has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 2.9 percent.

HuffPost Pollster's model, which tracks publicly available opinion polls, shows Davis leading Brownback:

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Robert Bentley (R-Ala.)(01 of50)
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Bill Walker (R-Alaska)(02 of50)
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Took office: Dec. 2014Term ends: Jan. 2018 (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Doug Ducey (R-Ariz.)(03 of50)
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Took office: Jan. 2015Term ends: Jan. 2019 (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.)(04 of50)
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Took office: Jan. 2015Term ends: Jan. 2019 (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Jerry Brown (D-Calif.)(05 of50)
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Took office: Jan. 2011Term ends: Jan. 2019 (credit:AP)
John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.)(06 of50)
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Took office: Jan. 2011Term ends: Jan. 2019 (credit:AP)
Dannel P. Malloy (D-Conn.)(07 of50)
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Jack Markell (D-Del.)(08 of50)
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Rick Scott (R-Fla.)(09 of50)
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Nathan Deal (R-Ga.)(10 of50)
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David Ige (D-Hawaii)(11 of50)
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Butch Otter (R-Idaho)(12 of50)
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Bruce Rauner (R-Ill.)(13 of50)
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Mike Pence (R-Ind.)(14 of50)
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Terry Branstad (R-Iowa)(15 of50)
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Sam Brownback (R-Kan.)(16 of50)
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Steve Beshear (D-Ky.)(17 of50)
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Bobby Jindal (R-La.)(18 of50)
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Paul LePage (R-Maine)(19 of50)
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Larry Hogan (R-Md.)(20 of50)
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Charlie Baker (R-Mass.)(21 of50)
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Rick Snyder (R-Mich.)(22 of50)
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Mark Dayton (D-Minn.)(23 of50)
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Phil Bryant (R-Miss.)(24 of50)
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Jay Nixon (D-Mo.)(25 of50)
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Steve Bullock (D-Mont.)(26 of50)
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Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.)(27 of50)
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Brian Sandoval (R-Nev.)(28 of50)
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Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.)(29 of50)
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Chris Christie (R-N.J.)(30 of50)
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Susana Martinez (R-N.M.)(31 of50)
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Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.)(32 of50)
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Pat McCrory (R-N.C.)(33 of50)
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Jack Dalrymple (R-N.D.)(34 of50)
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John Kasich (R-Ohio)(35 of50)
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Mary Fallin (R-Okla.)(36 of50)
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Kate Brown (D-Ore.)(37 of50)
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Tom Wolf (D-Pa.)(38 of50)
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Gina Raimondo (D-R.I.)(39 of50)
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Nikki Haley (R-S.C.)(40 of50)
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Dennis Daugaard (R-S.D.)(41 of50)
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Bill Haslam (R-Tenn.)(42 of50)
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Greg Abbott (R-Texas)(43 of50)
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Gary Herbert (R-Utah)(44 of50)
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Peter Shumlin (D-Vt.)(45 of50)
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Terry McAuliffe (D-Va.)(46 of50)
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Jay Inslee (D-Wash.)(47 of50)
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Earl Ray Tomblin (D-W.Va.)(48 of50)
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Scott Walker (R-Wis.)(49 of50)
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Matt Mead (R-Wyo.)(50 of50)
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