SACRAMENTO -- Democratic candidates held leads heading into the last week of the races for attorney general, state treasurer, controller and secretary of state, according to a Field Poll released Friday.

But the Republican candidate had a nine-point lead in the battle for state insurance commissioner, and the race for lieutenant governor was even.

Former Gov. Jerry Brown led state Sen. Chuck Poochigan, R-Fresno, by 25 points -- 56 percent to 31 percent in the race for attorney general, according to the survey of 795 likely voters that was conducted by telephone between Oct. 23-30.

The current attorney general, Democrat Bill Lockyer, had a 19-point lead over Republican Claude Parrish for state treasurer, 45 percent to 26 percent, the poll found.

Democrat John Chiang led his Republican opponent, former Assemblyman Tony Strickland, by seven points, 38 percent to 31 percent, in the campaign for state controller.

And Sen. Debra Bowen, D-Redondo Beach, had a six-point lead over the Republican secretary of state, Bruce McPherson, 40 percent to 34 percent.

But Republican Steve Poizner, a Silicon Valley millionaire, held a nine-point edge, 46 percent to 37 percent, over Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante in the campaign for insurance commissioner.