Nearly a quarter of respondents in a pre-primary Indiana poll were undecided or wanted another option in the U.S. Senate race between Luke Messer, Mike Braun, and Todd Rokita. The poll showed 29% supported Messer, 28% supported Braun, and 19% supported Rokita. When asked who could best defeat incumbent Joe Donnelly, responses were more split, though Donnelly led all three Republicans in hypothetical matchups. The poll received over 400 responses.

1. Going into the May 8 primary, nearly a quarter of the participants in our informal Indy Politics pre-
primary survey said they were either undecided in the U.S. Senate race or wish they had another option.
Luke Messer, Mike Braun and Todd Rokita are vying to take on Joe Donnelly in November.
Twenty nine percent said they planned to vote for Messer, 28 percent said they planned to vote for Braun,
for Messer and 19 percent for Rokita.
When asked which candidate could best defeat Joe Donnelly, 28 percent said Messer, 20 said Braun and
14 percent went for Rokita; nine percent said all three had an equal chance of winning while 19 percent
said they all had an equal chance of losing
And although only 30 percent thought Joe Donnelly should have been re-elected, Donnelly won head to
head matchups with all three Republicans.
More than 400 people responded to our informal poll.