NASHVILLE – Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam leads Republican gubernatorial rival Zach Wamp by 13 points, according to a Haslam for governor campaign survey done June 1 to June 3.
The survey of 600 likely Republican voters showed Mayor Haslam leading Congressman Wamp by 37 percent to 24 percent. Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey trailed in third place with 15 percent, according to the poll, conducted by Haslam pollsters Ayres, McHenry & Associates.
Twenty-four percent of Republicans said they were undecided.
In his polling memo, pollster Whit Ayres said Mayor Haslam has almost tripled his support from the first of February from 13 percent to 37 percent.
“On the other hand,” Mr. Ayres said, “Zach Wamp is in exactly the same place he was at the first of March, and Ron Ramsey is at essentially the same place he was at the first of February.”