Posted on 01/28/2006 11:06:56 AM PST by Patriot814
January 28, 2006--In the scramble to take over the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Senator Mark Dayton, likely Republican nominee Representative Mark Kennedy is neck-and-neck with DFL county attorney Amy Klobuchar. (The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party or DFL is the state's equivalent of the Democratic Party.)
The latest Rasmussen Reports election poll shows Klobuchar at 43% and Kennedy at 42%. Kennedy leads DFL philanthropist and veterinarian Ford Bell by 41% to 36% (
In our previous Minnesota survey, Klobuchar was ahead of Kennedy by 7 percentage points and Kennedy led Bell by 10.
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Gonna be hard to root for anybody with that name...
Pawlenty is popular, has done a good job..I thik he wins easily, and will help Kennedy...MN is trending GOP lately, outside the Twin cities..it looks liek the world's biggest suburb...and the lefties of the old DFL/DEM wing can't speak to that constituency..
As a 35 year homeowner in Mpls., it's frustrating to be surrounded by Defocrats and Educrats, but good to see the state headed to the right.
I too, contribute only to the candidates and not the party. Too many RHINOs in the flock.
Pawlenty and Kennedy are bright lights in this state.
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