SALT LAKE (ABC 4 News) - Utah Senator Bob Bennett may no longer be the front-runner for his own party's nomination.
According to reliable Republican sources, Bennett now trails GOP challenger Mike Lee by a significant amount among GOP delegates.
According to our sources, Mike Lee's campaign has conducted two large surveys in the last month.
Each polled between a quarter and a third of the delegates to next month's Republican state convention.
Reportedly, Mike Lee is first with 37 percent of the delegate vote.
Bennett is said to be second at 22 percent.
Tim Bridgewater, according to information given to ABC 4, is third at 20.5%
And Cherilyn Eagar, we're told, is in 4th place at 13% of those polled.
Now, remember, there are 8 Republican senate candidates and three rounds of convention voting.
The lowest finishers are eliminated after the first two rounds.
And, again, ABC 4 is being told that, according to the new poll numbers, Lee is also being listed as the second choice of many delegates who will initially support other candidates.
But that doesn't mean Bob Bennett is done.
His campaign tells ABC 4 that the senator is confident, meeting with a lot of delegates and is changing some minds.
