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By Dan Merica, CNN

updated 12:14 PM EDT, Tue September 9, 2014

A poll shows a virtual tie for Hillary Clinton and Chris Christie in a hypothetical 2016 presidential race in New Jersey.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Washington (CNN) -- Chris Christie and Hillary Clinton are neck-and-neck in the New Jersey governor's home state, according to a poll released Tuesday about the hypothetical presidential match-up.

Fairleigh Dickinson University's Public Mind Poll found that Clinton garnered 45% of the New Jersey electorate while Christie won 42%. Clinton's slight lead is within the poll's 3.7% margin of error, making the contest a statistical tie.

A tie, however, is down from where Clinton was just last month.

A Quinnipiac University Poll found in August that Clinton would beat Christie in New Jersey 50% to 42%.

This was the first time that Fairleigh Dickinson asked questions about Clinton vs. Christie in the Garden State.

When Christie won re-election in 2013, he was heralded as the Republicans' hope for winning the White House in 2016 because of his crossover appeal with Democratic and independent voters. While the governor has been hampered by the George Washington Bridge scandal -- and seen his polling numbers with Democrats fall -- Fairleigh Dickinson's polling director sees promise in these numbers for Christie.

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