John Oxendine, Georgia’s fire and insurance commissioner, still holds a two-to-one lead over his closest competitor for governor among likely 2010 Republican Primary voters.

A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds Oxendine with 28% support versus Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel’s 14%. Congressman Nathan Deal, another GOP gubernatorial hopeful, earns 13%.

But one-in-three likely primary voters (32%) are undecided, a number virtually unchanged from the summer, suggesting that the race is attracting little attention at this time and remains competitive.

Oxendine’s support has trended down from 35% in April, but none of the other candidates has made significant corresponding gains. The latest numbers mark little change in the numbers and no change in placement for the top three candidates from surveys in August and October.

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None of the other Republican contenders - State Senator Eric Johnson, State Representative Austin Scott and conservative businessman Ray McBerry – has moved in the latest survey. Each picks up just two percent (2%) of the vote now, as does a new candidate in the race, State Senator Jeff Chapman.

Popular Republican Governor Sonny Perdue is term-limited from running for reelection. Former Governor Roy Barnes has been running ahead of the pack in the state’s Democratic gubernatorial primary contest. Rasmussen Reports will release new Democratic gubernatorial primary numbers tomorrow.

Both parties will hold their primary votes in July and runoffs two weeks later if necessary.

Oxendine is viewed very favorably by 22% and very unfavorably by seven percent (7%). Handel has very favorables of eight percent (8%) and very unfavorables of four percent (4%). Ten percent (10%) have a very favorable opinion of Deal, while six percent (6%) view him very unfavorably.

Chapman, Johnson, McBerry and Scott earn five percent (5%) or less in both very favorables and very unfavorables.

At this point in a campaign, Rasmussen Reports considers the number of people with a strong opinion more significant than the total favorable/unfavorable numbers.

More significant, however, is the huge number of primary voters who don’t know enough about any of the candidates to venture even a soft favorable or unfavorable opinion. Oxendine fares best, with just 26% who are not sure what they think of him. For Handel and Deal, that number rises to the vicinity of 50%. But 65% to 69% have no opinion of the other candidates.

New data on Florida’s race for governor shows that Republican Bill McCollum holds a slight lead.

Rasmussen Reports has released recent polls on the 2010 governor’s races in Arizona, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas.

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