WI: 8th CD poll shows leads for McCain, incumbent Dem Kagen
3:19 PM
Republican challenger John Gard trails incumbent U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen, D-Appleton, by 4 points in Wisconsin's 8th Congressional District race, according to a poll released today by the Gard campaign.
The difference between the candidates is within the poll’s statistical margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points. Eleven percent of respondents remain undecided. The Gard campaign in a release this morning describes the race as a "dead heat."
The poll was conducted by Virginia-based firm Public Opinion Strategies. It queried 400 likely voters on July 8 and 9.
The Gard campaign also expects to be aided by the presidential election this fall, with the poll showing that the district favors Republican John McCain over Dem Barack Obama by a 5-point margin. President Bush won the district in both of the last two presidential elections.
See the Gard campaign press release
