New poll says Democrat Ben McAdams opens up a 6-point lead over Rep. Mia Love

The tides could be turning in Utah’s hottest race of the 2018 election season, according to a new poll that puts Democrat Ben McAdams in the lead against two-term incumbent Republican Rep. Mia Love.

The poll, by KUTV and Dixie Strategies, shows McAdams with the support of 49.5 percent of likely voters in Utah’s 4th Congressional District, compared to 43 percent for Love.

McAdam’s 6-point lead falls outside the polls margin of error of plus-or-minus 3.2 percent, and follows multiple polls — including one by The Salt Lake Tribune and Hinckley Institute of Politics — that showed the race as tied, despite the district’s conservative leanings.