In Illinois, a new poll from FOX News finds that “Republican chances to capture the Senate seat formerly held by President Obama are improving markedly in final days of the election.”

Rep. Mark Kirk doubled his 2-point lead in last week’s Fox News battleground state poll of likely voters, and now leads Democratic candidate Alexi Giannoulias 46 percent to 42 percent. Giannoulias continues to suffer from Democratic defections to Green Party candidate LeAlan Jones, who drew 6 percent support, including 8 percent of Democrats… Kirk’s improving performance in the Senate race may spring from greater voter confidence in his character… Giannoulias, meanwhile, has gone the other direction. Amid persistent questions about his family’s failed bank and its connections to organized crime, the percentage of voters who distrust Giannoulias raised 11 points in a month to 45 percent.

And a new survey from Democrat polling firm Public Policy Pollingshows Mark Kirk leading failed mob banker Alexi Giannoulias:

Republicans continue to lead the races for both Governor and Senator in Illinois, albeit by close margins. Mark Kirk is ahead of Alexi Giannoulias 46-42 for the state’s open Senate seat and Bill Brady is ahead of Pat Quinn 45-40 for Governor… Independents are leaning strongly toward the GOP. Kirk leads Giannoulias 46-31 with them and Brady has a 45-27 advantage over Quinn with them.  Republican voters are much more unified around their candidates this year than Democrats are. 87% of GOP identifiers are planning to vote for Kirk while only 78% of Democrats are planning to vote for Giannoulias.

Meanwhile, CNN reports that senior advisers to President Obama are “nervous” about Giannoulias’ chances to win on Tuesday:

“But [Kirk’s] a moderate Republican neck-and-neck with the Democrat and when you talk to senior advisers to this president in private, they say they are nervous about the Illinois Senate race for two reasons.  One, they know we’ll have a great grand old time on election night talking about how the President couldn’t deliver his old senate seat in his home state if he loses that one.  But then if you look at the map we’re talking about, Nevada, Washington State, West Virginia, all of the races up for grabs that could lead to Democrats losing the majority, they have to have Illinois.

And amid growing concerns surrounding his campaign, Giannoulias is desperately trying to straddle the fence on a core issue for his Democrat base: Cap-and-Trade. Click Here To Watch