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KSTP/Survey USA: Dayton fares best

The KSTP/Survey USA poll finds that former U.S. Senator Mark Dayton fares the best among DFLers in head to head match-ups with GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty. Pawlenty has not said whether he'll run for reelection. Some of the DFL candidates are officially in the race others aren't. It's 18 months until election day.

KSTP's Tom Hauser has a story on the poll.

Here are the results:

47% Pawlenty (R)

43% Dayton (DFL)

10% Undecided

47% Pawlenty (R)

42% R.T. Rybak (DFL)

11% Undecided

48% Pawlenty (R)

37% Chris Coleman (DFL)

15% Undecided

51% Pawlenty (R)

37% Matt Entenza (DFL)

12% Undecided

50% Pawlenty (R)

36% Susan Gaertner (DFL)

14% Undecided

52% Pawlenty (R)

34% Tom Bakk (DFL)

14% Undecided

51% Pawlenty (R)

34% John Marty (DFL)

15% Undecided

51% Pawlenty (R)

34% Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL)

15% Undecided

51% Pawlenty (R)

32% Paul Thissen (DFL)

17% Undecided