Illinois Governor poll

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You may need to add a third choice to the poll. The one independent in the legislature, Sen. Meeks, has been rumoring an independent run for governor. This week's primary results apparently have not changed that according to the Sun-Times.

The rumors have also suggested that this is primarily a bargaining chip for Chicago's South Side, but if there is an independent run it could have a huge impact on the vote for Blagojevich. OTOH, any agreement between the Gov and Meeks could have an impact with other voter groups.

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The talk of Sen. Meeks making an independent run for Gov moved up a notch. Here is part of the story from the Chicago Tribune.

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Today's Rasmussen poll puts the race at a toss-up: Topinka 43%, Blagojevich 41%. Unfavorables also work against Blagojevich (53%) vs Topinka (44%). The Gov's job disapproval is even worse at 59%.

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There's a new independent poll out from the Glengarriff group. The following quote is excerpted from the AP as posted by the Belleville News Democrat:

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A detailed link with the above quote and internal poll data is available through the Capitol Fax Blog.

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Topinka--it will be close, but I she'll slide in.

As I posted in the SUSA thread, the potential third party campaign from Sen./Rev. Meeks seems to be gone. It looks like a two party race, assuming that the Gov make his education funding plan known soon. The details of that plan and the deal may go some way to shape the upcoming race.