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  Preckwinkle surges into lead in Cook County Board president contest
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Last EditedCOSDem  Jan 22, 2010 12:40pm
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News DateFriday, January 22, 2010 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionBoard President Todd Stroger fell to last place among the four candidates, his support dropping to 11 percent from 14 percent six weeks ago.

During that time, Preckwinkle supplanted Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown as the front-runner with the support of 36 percent of likely Democratic voters, up from 20 percent, the poll found. Brown, who held a lead last month built upon her name recognition, fell from 29 percent to 24 percent.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District President Terrence O'Brien rose to 16 percent from 11 percent in the December poll.

The survey of 503 likely Democratic primary voters, conducted Jan. 16-20, found only 12 percent undecided in the contest, putting the onus on Preckwinkle's opponents to use the final days of the campaign to try to take support away from her. The survey's error margin was 4.4 percentage points.

Preckwinkle is airing TV ads promising to repeal the remainder of the unpopular and controversial Cook County sales tax increase backed by Stroger. She has seen her name recognition increase from about half of the county's likely suburban voters last month to three-quarters in the new poll.
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