Emmer leads in KSTP poll In the first gubernatorial polling since the DFL and GOP conventions in April, the Republican-endorsed candidate, Rep. Tom Emmer, leads the three DFLers running in the August primary. Emmer beat out all three candidates by 8 to 10 percent in the SurveyUSA poll commission by KSTP.
Emmer topped Margaret Anderson Kelliher 41 to 33 percent with Independence Party (IP) candidate Tom Horner getting 9 percent and 17 percent undecided.
Against Mark Dayton, Emmer got 41 percent to Dayton’s 34 percent. Horner received 9 percent with 15 percent undecided.
Matt Entenza had the lowest level of support when matched with Emmer. Emmer got 41 percent to Entenza’s 31 percent. Horner had 10 percent and 16 percent were undecided.
The margin of error was 4.1 percent.
The poll also asked party affiliations: 36 percent of respondents were Republicans, 35 percent were Democrats and 24 percent were independents.
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