Marquette poll shows Rebecca Kleefisch and Mandela Barnes leading key primary contests. It's early and most voters aren't paying attention yet.

But if you're into the horse race for Wisconsin's key primaries, then the first Marquette University Law School Poll provides some indicators.

So ... as expected, former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes,who are the best-known candidates, lead in their respective primaries, according to poll results announced Wednesday.

In the Republican race for governor, Kleefisch is the choice of 30% of those surveyed, while Waukesha County businessman Kevin Nicholson is at 8% and state Rep. Timothy Ramthun is at 5%.


The more significant figure is that 54% don't know enough about the candidates to have an opinion.