KING

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., will face Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. in November for president.

A new poll commissioned by KING 5 shows Republican John McCain gaining ground on Democrat Barack Obama in the state of Washington.

The SurveyUSA poll found that in an election today, it's Obama 49 percent, McCain 45 percent. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll four weeks ago - before both candidates had named their running mates - Obama is down 2 points; McCain is up 1.

And the McCain/Palin surge may be reflected in the race for governor as well.

With eight weeks to go, Survey USA polled likely voters and found Obama’s double-digit lead in June has shrunk to only four percentage points.

Among likely female voters, Obama has lost ground and McCain has gained since he picked Sarah Palin last month.

For the sixth time in as many tracking polls, the rematch contest between Rossi and incumbent Democrat Christine Gregoire is inside of the SurveyUSA poll's margin of sampling error. But for the first time, Rossi is nominally ahead, 48 percent to 47 percent.

Among women, Gregoire had led by 24 points in May, 60 percent to 36 percent. In this new poll, the candidates are tied.

National polls a mixed bag

A USA Today/Gallup poll taken between Friday and Sunday shows McCain leading Obama 50 to 46 percent.

McCain wipes out Obama's 7-point lead from the week before.

The poll also showed that adding Sarah Palin to the ticket prompted 29 percent of the voters to say they were now more likely to chose McCain.

Twenty-one percent say Palin has made them less likely to vote for the Republican ticket.

But a second poll shows McCain and Obama dead even. The two candidates are tied at 48 percent each in the CNN/Time poll, taken over the weekend.

Three percent of voters in that survey were undecided.