A midsummer poll conducted for Roger Williams University and the TV station WPRI showed Raimondo, a first-term Democrat, locked in a tight race with likely Republican challenger Allan Fung. But first, Raimondo has to get through Wednesday's Democratic primary.
probably overstates Raimondos weakness, though her job ratings are definitely soft. According to that WPRI/Roger Williams poll from July, a combined 40 percent of voters rated her performance as excellent or good, with 29 percent rating it fair and 31 percent rating it poor.