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Oct 14, 2008 7:50 am US/Central

Minn. Senate Race Remains Quite Tight

ST. PAUL (AP) ― A new poll confirms that the state's U.S. Senate race is a toss-up with three weeks to go.

The poll of likely Minnesota voters conducted by Quinnipiac University gives DFL challenger Al Franken 38 percent to GOP incumbent Norm Coleman's 36 percent. That means the two are running about even, given the poll's error margin of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley attracted 18 percent support in the poll.

One of the analysts involved in the poll, Clay F. Richards, concludes that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama may have coattails in Minnesota.

It shows Barkley is chewing almost equally into the Republican base of Coleman and the Democratic base of Franken. Self-described independents aren't showing a clear preference among the three.

The poll of 1,009 Minnesota voters between last Wednesday and Sunday was commissioned by The Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post.com.

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Norm Coleman was born in New York City in 1949. Al Franken was born in New York City in 1951.



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