A week ago I mentioned a new poll from Colorado’s 7th Congressional District showing Republican challenger Ryan Frazier in a statistical dead heat with liberal Democrat Ed Perlmutter. Compliments of the Frazier campaign, below are the details of the April 8 survey from Magellan Data Mapping and Strategies:

Ryan Frazier (R): 39%
Ed Perlmutter (D): 42%

Survey Demographics

Republican: 35%
Democrat: 39%
Unaffiliated: 26%

781N survey of likely general election voters in Colorado’s Seventh Congressional District.
The interviewing was conducted on April 8th, 2010. This survey has a margin of error of +/3.5% at the 95% confidence interval.

For Frazier this represents steady and significant progress over the past six months. Here are the results of Magellan’s October 2009 survey:

Ryan Frazier (R): 35%
Ed Perlmutter (D): 42%

Survey Demographics

Republican: 36%
Democrat: 37%
Unaffiliated: 27%

709N survey of likely general election voters in Colorado’s Seventh Congressional District.
MoE +/- 3.7% at the 95% confidence interval.

Frazier gained 4 points on Perlmutter, even though Democratic voters are more heavily represented in the newer sample, and is now in a dead heat with the incumbent. Translation: The race for Colorado’s 7th Congressional District is on.