Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker each held a commanding lead over their possible opponents in a poll for the 2010 governor’s race primaries.
The poll, conducted by UW-Madison for a conservative state think-tank, showed Barrett leading Lt. Gov. Barb-ara Lawton in a hypothetical matchup for the Democratic primary, and Walker leading former congressman Mark Neumann in the GOP contest.
But the candidates remain little known in the state, leaving ample room for changes in public taste, said UW-Madison political science professor Ken Goldstein.