POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Who's in pole position
View in browser BY LISA KASHINSKY STATE OF THE RACES — Two new Democratic primary polls show the two remaining attorney general candidates are locked in a dead heat ahead of Sept. 6, while Secretary of State Bill Galvin continues to lead his challenger, and Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll outpaces her competitors for lieutenant governor. Up first, the toplines from the UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion survey : — Galvin leads Tanisha Sullivan 56 percent to 21 percent, with 22 percent of likely voters undecided. — Driscoll leads the lieutenant governor field with 33 percent support to state Sen. Eric Lesser’s 23 percent and state Rep. Tami Gouveia’s 13 percent, with 30 percent undecided. — Andrea Campbell edges Shannon Liss-Riordan 32 percent to 30 percent, within the poll’s 3.9 percent margin for error. The survey of 800 likely Democratic primary voters, conducted Aug. 16-25, showed Quentin Palfrey at 11 percent ahead of his exit from the ...