Predict the final point spread in the governor’s race.

Bonus points for predicting congressional campaign outcomes and state House and Senate gains or losses by the majority party.

UPDATE: Rasmussen has now posted its poll results online.

After trailing earlier in the campaign season, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) now leads Republican State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka by 11-points in his bid for re-election. The latest Rasmussen Reports poll shows Blagojevich with 45% of the vote to 34% for Topinka. […]

Governor Blagojevich is viewed favorably by 48%, unfavorably by 49%. Topinka is viewed favorably by 40%, unfavorably by 50%.

Forty-three percent (43%) approve of the job the governor is doing, 56% disapprove.

As in other states, when asked about which party they’d like to see in the White House in 2008, a plurality (48%) say they prefer a Democrat; 26% say a Republican, 22% say “other.”

UPDATE 2: The commenter who goes by the moniker “Bill” or “The Original Bill” appears to have returned from his self-imposed exile. Some commenters were asking about him the other day, and maybe he saw it. One never knows.