Foley & Lamont at the top of the polls

Hamden, Conn. (WTNH) - A new Quinnipiac University poll out Thursday shows the race for Governor is still wide open on both sides.

The undecided category continues to be a very high number among Democratic and Republican voters, even though the Primaries are just 60 days away.

The reason for the large undecided number; people say they still don't know enough about the candidates to make a decision.

All of the candidates for Governor attended a forum on the economy and job growth Thursday afternoon. It comes as a new Quinnipiac University poll shows there has been little or no change in the primary matchups.

On the Republican side, undecided still leads the race among potential voters at 44 percent. Greenwich millionaire businessman Tom Foley leads the pack with 39 percent, Lt. Governor Michael Fedele is at 12 percent and Hartford businessman Oz Griebel is at two percent. "We have a pretty commanding lead at this point, almost sixty days off from an election and I think people are responding well to our message," said Tom Foley the leading candidate for governor in the polls.

Fedele said Thursday that he expects to qualify for public funding very soon and will begin more extensive advertising to raise his name recognition as Foley has done. "A large number of folks still haven't decided and our number actually went up in that poll from the prior poll," said now Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele.

On the Democratic side, Greenwich millionaire businessman Ned Lamont still tops former Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy by a large margin. Lamont is at 39 percent and Malloy is at 22 percent. "We're in a strong position. but as you know I don't give a hoot about polls," said Ned Lamont. "If I cared about polls I never would have taken on a popular Democratic Senator four years ago."

Malloy, who is yet to run a TV commercial, put a positive spin on the result saying he thinks Lamont has peaked with Democratic voters. "For Mr. Lamont to have spent well over a million dollars on paid media and to be exactly where he was in January, we're pretty happy," said Dan Malloy a Democratic candidate for Governor.

It's important to note that 36 percent of Democrats say they are still undecided, so just like the Republican race, it is still wide open.