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Democrat Ben McAdams gains ground on Republican Rep. Mia Love in new poll

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The results, released Friday, show the incumbent Love ahead by only 3 percentage points, with the support of 49 percent of likely voters compared to 46 percent for McAdams.

The poll, conducted by Dan Jones and Associates between Aug. 22 and Sept. 6, included responses from 400 likely voters in the state’s 4th Congressional District, according to UtahPolicy.com. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.

McAdams' campaign has claimed that its internal polling showed the Salt Lake County mayor within 2 percentage points of Love. But the new numbers from UtahPolicy.