NEW JERSEY - Incumbent Democrat Pat Quinn has edged ahead for the first time this year in Illinois’ gubernatorial race.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Illinois Voters finds Quinn with 44% support to Republican challenger Bruce Rauner’s 42%. Six percent (6%) like some other candidate, and eight percent (8%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
In April, Rasmussen had GOP gubernatorial challenger Bruce Rauner ahead 43% to 40%.
The survey of 750 Likely Voters in Illinois was conducted on September 24-25, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
