2/25 - Republican Primary - U.S. House Dist. 4

February 25, 2010

Geography Surveyed: KS 4th CD
Data Collected: 02/22/2010 - 02/24/2010
Release Date: 02/25/2010 11:00 ET
Sponsor: KWCH-TV Wichita

5 1/2 Months Out in KS-4, Republican Primary Voters Nod at Wink: In a Republican primary election for US Representative held in Kansas' 4th Congressional District today, 2/25/10, Wichita businessman Wink Hartman wins with 36% of the vote, according to this SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for KWCH-TV Wichita. Hartman today leads a bunched pack of five other candidates by margins of 3:1 or larger:

State Senator Dick Kelsey gets 11% of the vote.

State Senator Jean Schodorf gets 10%.

Businessman Mike Pompeo also gets 10% today.

Businessman Jim Anderson gets 6% of the vote.

State Representative Steve Brunk, who has not officially entered the race, takes 5% of the vote today.

The primary is in 159 days; the deadline for candidates to file to appear on the primary ballot is in 105 days: the slate of candidates named in this poll may shift as deadlines near. 7% of likely voters today say they will vote for another Republican; 15% today tell SurveyUSA they are undecided. All these factors combine to indicate the possibility of shifting support between now and August 3, when the primary will be held.

Kansas political parties decide before each primary whether the primary will be open to voters who are not affiliated with any political party; SurveyUSA includes unaffiliated voters here, where they make up 11% of the electorate.

Incumbent Republican Representative Todd Tiahrt is running in the primary election for United States Senate and is not seeking reelection to his House seat.

Filtering: SurveyUSA interviewed 1,700 Kansas adults 02/22/10 through 02/24/10. Of them, 1,476 were registered to vote. Of the registered voters, 423 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely voters in the August 2010 Republican Primary.

1. Asked of 423 likely GOP primary voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.9%

If the Republican Primary for US House of Representatives were today, who would you vote for? (candidate names rotated) Jim Anderson? Wink Hartman? Dick Kelsey? Mike Pompeo? Jean Schodorf? Steve Brunk? Or some other Republican?

6% Anderson
36% Hartman
11% Kelsey
10% Pompeo
10% Schodorf
5% Brunk
7% Other
15% Undecided

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