" Election 2010: Wisconsin Senate Wisconsin Senate: Feingold Leads Two Announced GOP Challengers
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wisconsin incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold leads his two best-known announced Republican challengers for the U.S. Senate in the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in the state.
Feingold leads real estate entrepreneur Terrence Wall 47% to 39%. Just six percent (6%) would choose some other candidate given that match-up, while seven percent (7%) are undecided.
Against another potential GOP opponent, businessman Dave Westlake, Feingold currently holds a 47% to 37% lead but again fails to receive 50% support. Six percent (6%) like another candidate, and 10% are undecided.
Any incumbent who attracts less than 50% support at this point in a campaign is considered potentially vulnerable.
Little has changed over the past month in the hypothetical match-up of Feingold and former Republican Governor Tommy Thompson, who has yet to decide if he’s officially running. Thompson holds a 48% to 43% edge over Feingold. Three percent (3%) prefer some other candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided.
Thompson held nearly the same lead over Feingold in January, 47% to 43%.