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CHICAGO - Despite a negative atmosphere for Congressional Democrats nationally and a hard-fought Democratic primary in Illinois, a new poll released today by the Alexi for Illinois campaign shows U.S. Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias with a 49 to 45 percent lead over Republican incumbent Congressman Mark Kirk. This latest poll shows that the United States Senate race in Illinois is not only winnable for the Democrat but problematic for an incumbent Republican Congressman with a record of supporting the failed economic policies of the past and has said unemployment is not a big issue

About this Poll
The general election findings are based on a sample of 600 likely general election voters conducted February 9-14, 2010 conducted for the Giannoulias campaign. A sample of this size is subject to a margin of error of +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.