This afternoon, 11th District Democratic congressional candidate Debbie Halvorson released a new poll showing her beating Republican Marty Ozinga by a hefty margin.  From a campaign statement:

State Senator and Congressional candidate Debbie Halvorson is in a strong position to win the open-seat race to replace retiring Congressman Jerry Weller (R) in Illinois’ 11th Congressional District. Halvorson currently leads her Republican opponent Martin Ozinga by 19 points, 48% to 29%. 

The poll was conducted by the Democratic firm Anzalone-Liszt between October 10 and 13.  The sample size was 400 with a 4.9 percent margin of error. According the memo circulated by the campaign, Barack Obama led John McCain by two points among respondents.