The latest NBC News/Marist Poll shows Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell up 9 points over Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes.
According to the poll, McConnell has hit the magic 50-percent number vital to incumbents winning re-election. McConnell leads 50 percent to Grimes' 41 percent.
The poll was conducted with 556 likely voters between October 27-30 and has a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.
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