In a matchup against GOP gubernatorial favorite Charlie Baker, Coakley leads by a 44-31 percent margin, according to the Suffolk/Herald poll.
But Baker fares much better against the other Democratic candidates, beating Grossman by 5 points and the rest of the Democrats by double-digit margins.
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Democratic voters are standing strong behind Coakley, whose U.S. Senate loss in 2010 made her the object of national ridicule, according to the Suffolk/Herald poll.
Coakley is getting an impressive 56 percent of the vote in a crowded Democratic field and leads her nearest competitor, Treasurer Steven Grossman, by a 45-point margin, the poll reveals.
Just 11 percent of Democratic voters are backing Grossman while 4 percent are backing former Homeland Security official Juliette Kayyem. The rest of the field is not even cracking the 1 percent level, the poll of 600 likely voters shows.
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