Two leaders emerge, but not by much.
On the Democratic side, Dan Hynes pulls in 10 percent to 9 for Hull, Obama with 8, Chico with 7 and Joyce Washington with 5. The big winner when everyone is at 10 or below? Hull. He is almost tied with two high profile candidates who are both office holders. His commercials and efforts are increasing name recognition which is exactly what he needs to do right now. 40 percent of the Democratic electorate is expressing a favorite candidate so there is a long way to go.
On the Republican side, Jack Ryan hits 10 percent, but you have to wonder if that is due to the Ryan name and sharing a name with a Tom Clancy hero. Ryan is doing well, but that seems a bit inflated.
On the GOP side, dairy and investment magnate Jim Oberweis received 9 percent; retired Air Force Gen. John Borling and lawyer John Cox each had 8 percent; businessman Andrew McKenna took 6 percent, and state Sen. Steve Rauschenberger received 5 percent.
I’m at a bit of loss as to how Borling is up that high, but that may well be due to the small sample size and even smaller differences. Oberweis and Cox both have high name ID so there results aren’t surprising. Despite good news from Lege endorsements, Rauschenberger still has a way to go.