Upton comfortably ahead in new poll

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - An EPIC-MRA poll released Wednesday shows Rep. Fred Upton with a 29-point lead over his Republican primary opponent Jack Hoogendyk.

The primary race for the 6th US House district in Michigan will be decided by voters on Tuesday.

Upton, the longtime incumbent, is preferred by a margin of 56-27 in the poll of 800 Republican primary voters in the district. Among those who said they may be undecided, if forced to choose would vote for Upton by a 61-31 margin.

The respondents overwhelmingly identified themselves as Tea Party movement supporters (77%). Woman outnumbered man in the poll, 54-46, and only 9% of respondents were younger than 40.

The poll was conducted July 28-29 and has a margin of error of +/- 3.5%.