Question: Herb Kohl will be the Democratic candidate for US Senator this year, but it is unclear who will be on the ballot for the Republicans. Suppose the final choice in November came down to Herb Kohl for the Democrats and Dave Redick for the Republicans. As of now, would you prefer Kohl or Redick?

68% Herb Kohl
15% Dave Redick
16% Don't Know
1% Refused

Question: Now suppose Robert Gerard Lorge is the Republican candidate. As of now, would you prefer Kohl or Lorge?

63% Herb Kohl
14% Robert Gerard Lorge
23% Don't Know
1% Refused

About this Poll
This BADGER POLL™ was conducted by the University of Wisconsin Survey Center as part of its ongoing program of research designed to benefit the research community and the people of Wisconsin. The Director of the poll operations is Danna Basson, UW Survey Center. The Faculty Director of the Poll content is Professor Katherine Cramer Walsh, Department of Political Science, UW-Madison. The BADGER POLL™ is intended to be a "poll of record" for the state, investigating matters of concern to Wisconsinites including politics, culture, and their daily lives, adhering to the highest standards of polling methodology and rigorous independence.

Results shown here are based on 508 persons who were randomly chosen within households with working telephone numbers and interviewed between June 23 and July 2, 2006. Telephone numbers were generated by computer. Theoretically, results from this survey have a "margin of error" of a little over +/- 4%. This means that, had we asked every potential voter in Wisconsin, exactly these questions at the time the survey was conducted, there is only a one in twenty chance that the answers would differ by more than that in either direction from what we report here. There could be differences because of changes in question wording, events occurring in the meantime, or any of the practical difficulties involved in taking a scientific survey. Results based on subgroups are subject to a larger "margin of error". Results reported here are based on weighted data.