NEW POLL: Ryan beats Quinn by 7 Points

Rasmussen Reports released a new poll of Illinois voters showing Jim Ryan with a seven point lead over incumbent Governor (and likely Democrat nominee) Pat Quinn:

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Illinois voters finds former state Attorney General Jim Ryan leading incumbent Democratic Governor Pat Quinn 46% to 39%. Nine percent (9%) of Illinois voters like some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are undecided.

In addition to this poll — every public poll that has been released so far shows Ryan with a strong, double-digit lead in the Republican Primary.  As Illinois Review reports:

A new GOP gubernatorial poll including former Attorney General Jim Ryan came out today from Rasmussen Reports, and shows Ryan up by 7 points over Democrat Governor Quinn, giving Ryan the best chance of any of the IL GOP candidates to defeat a Democrat in 2010.

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TRIBUNE POLL: Big lead for Jim Ryan

The Chicago Tribune reports on the results of a new poll (conducted for the Tribune) that shows Jim Ryan with a solid, 14-point lead in the Republican Primary for Governor.  This is the third straight public poll showing Jim with a large, double-digit lead:

Former Attorney General Jim Ryan, who is seeking redemption after losing to Blagojevich in 2002 … has the backing of more than a quarter of Republican voters in the Feb. 2 primary …

On the Republican side, the poll of 600 likely GOP voters found Ryan with the support of 26 percent, to 12 percent for Andy McKenna, the former state party chairman. At 10 percent was state Sen. Bill Brady, of Bloomington, an unsuccessful 2006 Republican governor candidate, while state Sen. Kirk Dillard, of Hinsdale, had 9 percent. Three other candidates had the support of 6 percent or less of GOP voters.

Ryan, one of the last entrants in the race, is known after serving two terms in statewide office. He is getting the support of one-third of collar county primary voters and one in five voters outside the city and suburbs to take the early edge.

Watch this excerpt from the WGN TV News report below: