Second poll shows Republican up in Georgia Senate race

Republican David Perdue leads Democrat Michelle Nunn in a new independent survey of the Georgia Senate race, the second this week to give him the edge.

{mosads}Perdue takes 45 percent to Nunn’s 41 percent, while libertarian Amanda Swafford takes 6 percent support and another 6 percent remain undecided in the new poll of likely voters, conducted for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Another poll out this week, from SurveyUSA, gave Perdue a 3-point lead. Most polling has shown the race tight, though Democrats remain optimistic Nunn can overcome the red lean of the state and Obama’s deep unpopularity there this fall.

Nunn faced scrutiny this week over her connection to a group, helmed by a major donor and policy adviser to her campaign, that’s under investigation by the Georgia secretary of State for alleged voter fraud.

The poll was conducted among 884 likely voters via landline and cellphone from Sept. 8 to 11, and has a margin of error of 4 points.