New polling suggests the race to take over the main opposition BC Conservatives is coming down to a battle between veteran Kamloops MLA Peter Milobar and an upstart competitor from the Conservative backrooms.

Polling by Mainstreet Research — commissioned by the Milobar campaign — shows that among those polled who would be likely to vote in a BC Conservative leadership contest, Caroline Elliott would take first place support in the forthcoming leadership vote, garnering just over 21% of the support.

However, Milobar — the MLA for Kamloops Centre — would check in just behind at just under 21%, but would emerge the winner of the overall leadership race based on 2nd place votes.

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