Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Attorney general leads contenders

On the same day Gov. Ryan announced he would not seek re-electionin 2002, Illinois residents said in CBS 2/Sun-Times survey thatAttorney General Jim Ryan was their top choice to replace thegovernor.

Thirty-one percent of adults polled said they would most like tosee Jim Ryan in the post. He has twice the support of any otherlikely candidate.

The survey of 500 residents was conducted Wednesday night, with 15percent stating former Chicago Schools Chief Paul Vallas was theirchoice.

Another 13 percent like former state Attorney General RolandBurris; 12 percent look to state Sen. Pat O'Malley; 9 percent preferRep. Rod Blagojevich and 6 percent said they back Lt. Gov. CorinneWood.

Jim Ryan is favored by 33 percent of women and 28 percent of mensurveyed--the majority in those categories.

The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentagepoints and was conducted by Survey USA.

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