From Openers

The Plain Dealer poll, to be published in full tomorrow, has good news for Democrats: Ted Strickland leads Ken Blackwell by 17 points, 53 to 36 percent, and Dems lead for most other state executive offices.

But the race for Senate looks tight, with Democrat Sherrod Brown leading GOP incumbent Mike DeWine by just two points, 45 to 43. That's within the margin of error in the poll, conducted for the PD by Mason-Dixon. The poll of 625 respondents has a 4-point margin of error.