New poll, same story– the Illinois Senate race between Democratic state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Rep. Mark Kirk is really, really close.
A new survey of the race finds Kirk leading Giannoulias 37.3%-36.8%, with Green Party candidate LeAlan Jones earning 3.3% and Libertarian Mike Labno polling at 1.8%. The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale conducted the poll; it is the first time they have surveyed the contest.
In the last two months of polling, no survey has seen the Kirk-Giannoulias matchup produce a margin greater than four points. When considering the four-candidate matchup, the TPM Poll Average shows a near tie between the two leading candidates: Kirk earns 38.7% versus Giannoulias’s 38.0%, while Jones polls at 3.2% and Labno earns 2.0%. The margin of error for the latest survey is ±3.5 percentage points.
For more on the race, check out TPMDC’s full coverage here.
