Poll: Beauprez Leads Hickenlooper By 4 Points

DENVER (CBS4) - A new Quinnipiac poll out Wednesday morning shows Republican Bob Beauprez leading in the race for Colorado governor.

The independent survey from Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University shows Colorado voters favor Beauprez over incumbent Democrat John Hickenlooper 46 percent to 42 percent.

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That is a change from last month's poll by Quinnipiac when Beauprez led by 10 points.

Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University poll, said in a prepared statement that there has been a shift by some likely voters since the last poll.

"After seeming to waver in our last survey, women and independent voters pull Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper back from the abyss and reinvigorate a race that's very close," said Malloy.

Election Day is in three weeks.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez addresses the audience at the Colorado Energy Forum presented by the Consumer Energy Alliance on Oct. 14 in Westminster. Colorado gubernatorial candidates Gov. John Hickenlooper and Republican candidate Bob Beauprez along with U.S. Senate candidates Sen. Mark Udall and Rep. Cory Gardner delivered their views on the future of the Colorado energy economy, and participated in a question and answer session. (credit: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Gov. John Hickenlooper (credit: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Voters should get ballots in the mail this week.

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