NEW POLL: Tommy Thompson leads Senate contenders

Tommy Thompson

MADISON — A new Rasmussen poll shows former Gov. Tommy Thompson is the leader in Wisconsin’s race for U.S. Senate.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Wisconsin shows Thompson with 50% support to Baldwin’s 38%. Five percent (5%) like some other candidate in the race, and seven percent (7%) are undecided.

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The survey of 500 Likely Voters in Wisconsin was conducted on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC.

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