Democratic activist Sandra Fluke -- who is running for a state Senate seat in California -- leads her opponent by seven percentage points, according to a new survey from the Fluke campaign.  

Forty-one percent of voters in the poll of California’s 26^th Senate District said they prefer Fluke. Ben Allen, a member of the Santa Monica-Malibu school board, took 34 percent. Twenty-five percent of voters in the Los Angeles area district remain undecided. 

Fluke holds advantages among Democratic voters (53 percent-25 percent) and non-affiliated voters (44 percent-28 percent). Her opponent leads among Republicans (58 percent-15 percent). 

Both Fluke and Allen are Democrats, and the district leans heavily Democratic. California adopted “jungle primaries” in 2012; under that system, the top two vote-getters in the open primary advance to the general election. Allen and Fluke received 22 percent and 20 percent of the vote, respectively, in June. 

Fluke -- who rose to national fame in 2012 after being called a “slut” by Rush Limbaugh -- also benefits from higher name identification. Forty-three percent of voters know who she is, while just a quarter know her opponent.

Both candidates have attracted high profile endorsements. Several members of Congress, state legislators, and myriad local political figures in Los Angeles have backed one or the other in the contest.  

The Los Angeles Times reported in June that Allen has a fundraising lead over Fluke. 

The survey of 402 likely voters in California’s 26^th Senate District was conducted Aug. 18-20 and has a margin of error of plus or minus five percentage points.