Marquette Poll: Walker 50%, Burke 43%

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Wisconsin governor Scott Walker leads his Democratic opponent Mary Burke 50 percent to 43 percent among likely voters in the final Marquette University Law school poll. The results come as a surprise to many, as the last Marquette poll showed the race tied, and three other pollsters show the Wisconsin gubernatorial election to be a one-point race.

Mary Burke, a Madison school board member and former executive at her father’s bicycle corporation, started out the race largely unknown to Wisconsin voters. But over time, voters have had an increasingly negative view of her. The final Marquette poll shows Burke with a 10-point deficit in her favorable/unfavorable rating:

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