The poll comes with three weeks to go before the June 5 recall election. Poll: Walker widens lead in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has pulled ahead of recall rival Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in a new poll released Wednesday.

With three weeks to go before the June 5 recall election, the Republican governor holds a 6-point advantage over his Democratic challenger — 50 percent to 44 percent — among likely voters, according to the latest Marquette Law School poll. Just 3 percent told pollsters they are undecided.


In the previous poll, Walker held a 1-point lead over Barrett, 48 percent to 47 percent, among likely voters.

Walker also tops Barrett, his 2010 gubernatorial opponent, among registered voters with 51 percent to 43 percent. In the previous Marquette poll, Barrett led Walker by a single digit with registered Wisconsin voters — 47 percent to 46 percent.

Meanwhile, in the separate recall election for lieutenant governor, Republican Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch leads her Democratic challenger Mahlon Mitchell, president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, 47 percent to 41 percent among likely voters. Seven percent say they are undecided.

A whopping 85 percent of those surveyed say they will vote in the June election. Along party lines, 91 percent of Republicans say they are “absolutely certain” they will vote, compared with 83 percent of Democrats and independents, respectively.

The poll surveyed 704 Wisconsin voters from May 9-12. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.