Poll shows dead heat in Connecticut Senate race from Reuters: Politics NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Connecticut U.S. Senate race is essentially tied one month before the November election, with Republican Linda McMahon leading Democratic Rep. Christopher Murphy by a single percentage point among likely voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday. feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/M2-rqobCJhs/us-usa-campaign-connecticut-senate-idUSBRE8930IT20121004