The Newark Star-Ledger reports that neither Republican Leonard Lance nor Democrat Linda Stender “has a clear lead going into the final four weeks of the campaign” for New Jersey’s 7th District House seat. A Monmouth/Gannett New Jersey poll found that “registered voters preferred Lance over Stender 41 percent to 37 percent,” the paper reports. That gap of 4 percentage points is within the poll’s margin of error. An estimated 14 percent of voters are still undecided, according to the Star-Ledger. Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, said the race may ultimately come down to which party does a better job of getting people out to the polls. “There has been so much attention to the presidential race that significant numbers of voters are unfamiliar with both candidates,” Murray told the newspaper.

The Bradenton Herald reports that Rep. Vern Buchanan , R-Fla., has a comfortable lead over Democratic challenger Christine Jennings in their race for Florida’s 13th District seat. A poll by SurveyUSA gave Buchanan a 49 percent to 33 percent lead over Jennings. Buchanan’s strongest support “is from whites, men and independents,” according to the newspaper, while Jennings’ base “is blacks, women and Democrats.” Independent candidate Jan Schneider had 9 percent in the poll, mostly from strong Hispanic support, the Herald reports.

According to the Albuquerque Journal, Democrat Tom Udall “so far has a big lead” over Republican Steve Pearce in their race to claim the seat of retiring Sen. Pete V. Domenici , R-N.M. “Udall, the Democratic incumbent in New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District, had the backing of 51 percent of likely voters statewide. Pearce, a Republican who currently represents the state’s 2nd Congressional District, was supported by 36 percent,” the newspaper reports. The Journal’s poll found that 13 percent of the state’s voters are undecided. “Pearce’s strong conservative message helped him win the primary — a contest in which hard-core party activists are particularly influential,” according to the paper. “But Journal pollster Brian Sanderoff, president of Albuquerque’s Research & Polling Inc., said Pearce’s conservative political message has so far not had the same traction in the lead-up to the Nov. 4 general election.”