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Thursday, July 17, 2025

Gov. Scott Walker retains lead in polls for 2015 gubernatorial race

A poll released Tuesday reported Gov. Scott Walker is still leading against prospective Democratic candidates in the 2014 gubernatorial race.

Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-leaning agency, conducted the poll and surveyed 1,180 Wisconsinites between Sept. 13 and Sept. 16 to compile its results.

The poll asked respondents to vote between Walker and four other potential Democratic candidates: state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, state Assembly Majority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, Tom Nelson, the current Outagamie County Executive, and Mary Burke, who sits on the Madison School Board and has ties to Trek Bicycle. Walker won each matchup by four to seven points.

Out of the challengers, Burke and Vinehout received the highest percentage, 18 and 19 percent respectively. Sixty percent of respondents said they were still unsure about the four potential challengers.

Walker lost each of his hypothetical elections with the college-aged demographic.

The poll had a margin of error of 2.9 percent.

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