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With less than a week to go, new Quinnipiac polling shows the primaries have tightened in the Connecticut race for governor. Ned Lamont's 9-point lead over Dan Malloy in the Democratic primary just a couple of weeks ago is now down to 5 points, and Tom Foley's 35-point lead over Mike Fidele in the three-way GOP primary last month is now down to 15 points.

Lamont leads 45%-40%, and Foley leads 41%-26%, with Oz Griebel taking 13%.

"Lt. Gov. Mike Fedele is coming on very strong in these final weeks, but it may not be enough to overcome Tom Foley's huge early lead," said Quinnipiac poll director Douglas Schwartz.

"On the Democratic side," Schwartz added, "Dan Malloy has inched closer to Ned Lamont. Lamont still has the edge, but with 14 percent of voters undecided and 43 percent who still could change their mind, it is close enough that Malloy could pull it off."

No matter who wins the primaries, however, the Democrats will begin the general election with the advantage. Both Lamont, who ran for the Senate in 2006, and Malloy, mayor of Stamford, lead all three Republicans by between 13 and 25 points. Against the favored Foley, Lamont leads 46%-33% and Malloy leads 46%-31%.

The survey of 1,299 registered voters was conducted July 28-Aug. 2 with a 2.7% margin of error. Primary polling included 1,003 GOP voters and 979 Democratic voters, both with a 3.1% margin of error.