The race to succeed outgoing U.S. Sen. Peter Fitzgerald is so wide open that nearly half of all Illinois voters haven't a clue who should be their next senator, a poll released Thursday shows.
Only two candidates even broke double digits, and neither got more than 10 percent.
Fox News Chicago :puke: commissioned the poll to gauge voter interest in the March primary and potentially pare down the crowded field as it prepares for an Oct. 4 debate to be televised live on its sister station, WPWR-Channel 50.
Decisions on who will be invited to the debate haven't yet been made, but no candidates should be too excited by the numbers compiled by pollsters by phone this week. KRC Communications Research surveyed 800 likely voters. The poll has an error margin of 4.8 percentage points.
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http://www.suntimes.com/output/elect/cst-nws-poll26.htmlDan Hynes (D) 10%
Blair Hull (D) 9%
Barack Obama (D) 8%
Gery Chico (D) 7%
Joyce Washington (D) 5%
Jack Ryan (R) 10%
Jim Oberweis (R) 9%
John Borling (R) 8%
John Cox (R) 8%
Andrew McKenna (R) 6%
Steve Rauschenberger (R) 5%
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