Poll: Giannoulias, Kirk are neck and neck
A new poll shows Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk are running neck and neck in their race for the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.
The Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows Kirk and Giannoulias (jeh-NOO'-lee-ehs) both with the support of 34 percent of the likely voters surveyed.
The poll found that 6 percent of likely voters support Green Party candidate LeAlan Jones, while Libertarian Party candidate Mike Labno had 3 percent in the survey.
Another 22 percent of voters were undecided.
The telephone poll of 600 registered voters statewide has an error margin of 4 percentage points. Those polled were picked in a random sample and were questioned between Aug. 28 and Sept. 1.
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