March 17, 2011

Tennant Well Positioned for WV Governor Race

Survey Results
To: Interested Parties
From: Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research

Secretary of State Natalie Tennant begins the Democratic primary campaign for West Virginia
Governor with the best standing of any candidate and within striking distance of acting Governor
Ear Ray Tomblin in a trial heat.1

Figure 1: Tennant begins with strongest standing of any candidate (percent

responding)

Fav – Unfav (ID)

Natalie Tennant 45 – 12 (73)
Earl Ray Tomblin 45 – 15 (82)
John Perdue 32 – 12 (65)
Rick Thompson 15 – 11 (40)
Jeff Kessler 11 – 9 (33)

In vote match-up, Tomblin (31 percent) and Tennant (27 percent) start off right next to each
other, followed by Perdue (14 percent), Thompson (5 percent) and Kessler (5 percent).
Nineteen percent of voters are undecided.

Among voters who can identify Tennant and Tomblin, Tennant leads with 34 percent of the vote
compared to 31 percent for Tomblin, illustrating that Tomblin’s marginal lead is driven purely by
higher name recognition.

Figure 2: Vote and vote among those who ID Tennant and Tomblin (percent
responding)

All Voters ID Both

Natalie Tennant 27 34
Earl Ray Tomblin 31 31
John Perdue 14 15
Rick Thompson 5 4
Jeff Kessler 5 6

1
The survey of 600 likely primary voters was conducted by telephone March 10th-15th. The margin of error is 4.0
percentage points.

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