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Wisconsin U.S. Senate race a dead heat between Johnson and Feingold

November 2, 2016 By Andrew Beckett

Russ Feingold (left), Sen. Ron Johnson (right)

Russ Feingold (left), Sen. Ron Johnson (right)

An already close race between Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson and Democratic challenger Russ Feingold is down to just a one point gap between the candidates.

The results of a Marquette Law School poll released Wednesday have Feingold ahead of the incumbent by a 45-44 percent margin. The race had just a two point gap, at 46-44 percent, in a poll released in mid-October.

Libertarian candidate Phil Anderson polled at three percent support, down from four percent in the October poll.

The results reflect a race that has become increasingly competitive in the closwing weeks of the election, with outside groups pumping millions of dollars into last-minute advertising. Feingold is trying to reclaim the seat he lost to Johnson in the 2010 election.

Feingold’s campaign maintained that they have a clear advantage heading toward Election Day. “While Sen. Johnson spends the last days of this campaign lashing out with child-like insults, clinging to Donald Trump, and failing to explain his years in Washington rigging the system for multi-millionaires like himself, Russ will close out this campaign the way he started it – listening to the middle class and working families of this state who want an economy that works for everyone, not just corporate CEOs,” campaign spokesman Michael Tyler said in a statement.

Johnson campaign spokesman Brian Reisinger said the poll shows “this race is a dead heat and the momentum is clearly with Ron Johnson.”

The poll of 1,401 registered voters was conducted October 26-31. It has a margin of error of 3.3 percent.

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