He tried to unseat Jean Turnage in 1992, but lost by 1,234 votes. Gray was first appointed to the court in 1991 by then Gov. Stan Stephens. She was the first woman elected to the court in 1992 and re-elected in 1998. Trieweiler has more support among men, the poll showed. Gray also is seeing more support from men, with 21 percent of her support from men and 17 percent of her support from women.
Women also are more undecided about the race.
The chief justice race is turning into one of the most costly statewide elections. All said they regularly vote in state elections. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Those interviewed were selected by random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers. A cross section of telephone exchanges were used to ensure an accurate reflection of the state.