NICKNAME The Badger State

PRIMARY DATE Aug. 14

STATE BEVERAGE Milk

STATE DANCE Polka

MAJOR INDUSTRIES Dairy products, agriculture, paper, breweries and manufacturing

POPULATION 5.7 million; 88 percent white, 7 percent black, 6 percent Hispanic origin

EDUCATION 89 percent high school graduates, 26 percent with bachelor’s degree or higher

U.S. SENATE RESULTS

2010: Ron Johnson (Rep.) 52 percent, Russ Feingold (Dem.) 47 percent

2006: Herb Kohl (Dem.) 67 percent, Robert Lorge (Rep.) 30 percent

A Quinnipiac University-New York Times-CBS News poll of 1,428 likely voters measured each of the Republican candidates in a head-to-head matchup with the Democratic nominee, Tammy Baldwin. The poll, conducted from July 31 to Aug. 6, had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.