We are officially in the horse race stage of the primary election, and a new poll puts Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker slightly ahead of former NAACP president Ben Jealous as the two candidates appear to be separating from the pack.

Unlike recent polls from The Sun and The Washington Post that found about 40 percent of Democratic voters were undecided on their choice, the latest survey by Gonzales Research and Media Services shows 22 percent of respondents haven’t settled on a candidate. That’s still enough to tilt the scales in a candidate’s favor, but it shows, the poll said, that the “Democratic gubernatorial primary is developing structure.”

Baker received 25 percent of support, compared with 23 percent for Jealous. Montgomery County state Sen. Richard Madaleno Jr. is next in line with 9 percent, followed by Valerie Ervin at 7 percent, former Venable LLP chairman Jim Shea at 6 percent, former Michelle Obama adviser Krish Vignarajah at 5 percent and entrepreneur Alec Ross at 2 percent.

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