Poll: Oklahoma's State Superintendent Race Virtually A Tie

The race to become Oklahoma's next state superintendent is neck-and-neck according to a poll done exclusively for News 9 / News On 6.

Republican State Secretary of Education Ryan Walters holds the slimmest of leads over former Oklahoma Teacher of the Year and Democrat Jena Nelson, 45.7 percent to 45.4 percent, according to the poll released Thursday by SoonerPoll.

Undecided voters made up 8.9 percent of those polled, the survey indicated.

In all, SoonerPoll talked to 384 likely voters in Oklahoma weighted by age, gender, party, congressional district and education.

The margin of error on this poll is plus or minus 5 percent.