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BY DAVE McKINNEY Springfield Bureau Chief September 21, 2014 9:00PM

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks during an interview with The Associated Press Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in Chicago. Quinn is running against Republican Bruce Rauner in the November general election. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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Updated: September 22, 2014 2:11AM

SPRINGFIELD After trailing Republican Bruce Rauner by double digits, Gov. Pat Quinn has brought the governors race to a statistical dead heat, new polling data released Sunday showed.

Among likely voters, the Winnetka Republican led Quinn by a 44 to 41 percent spread with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points, according to automated polling done Thursday by We Ask America.

Libertarian Chad Grimm, whose campaign was permitted last week by a Sangamon County judge to remain on the Nov. 4 ballot, stood at 6 percent in the new poll.

We Ask Americas most recent polling on the race published Sept. 3 by Reboot Illinois had Rauner up on the incumbent Chicago Democrat by a 46 to 38 percent margin. An Aug. 6 poll done by the group for the Chicago Sun-Times had Rauner with a 13-point lead.

There is a lot of time left, but Mr. Rauner continues to lose ground, We Ask Americas chief operating officer Gregg Durham told Early & Often, the Chicago Sun-Times online political portal.

Whatever messaging Gov. Quinn has done is causing movement. But some of this movement is simply Democrats coming back home who early on werent so sure about staying with Gov. Quinn, Durham said.

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