43% to 36% over Democrat

Paul LePage, Mayor of Waterville, somewhat unexpectedly won the GOP nomination for Governor last week. A solid Tea Partier with strong libertarian ties, LePage is now comfortably ahead in the polls.

From Rasmussen:

Republican Paul LePage is the top vote getter in the race for governor of Maine following the winnowing down of the crowded contest in Tuesday’s primaries.

The first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the race finds LePage earning the support of 43% of Likely Voters in the state, while Democrat Libby Mitchell picks up 36% of the vote. Democrat-turned-independent Eliot Cutler trails with seven percent (7%). Fourteen percent (14%) are undecided.

LePage was enthusiastically endorsed by the Republican Liberty Caucus prior to the primary. Some Maine Republican political sites have even labeled him a "libertarian Republican."