More Good News: Hatch leads Pawlenty

According to a new Star Tribune poll Mike Hatch now leads Tim Pawlenty by 9 points:

DFL Attorney General Mike Hatch has pulled in front of GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty in what had been a deadlocked race for governor, according to the latest Star Tribune Minnesota Poll.

Among the 818 likely voters surveyed Oct. 6-11, Hatch held a 46 percent to 37 percent lead over Pawlenty. Independence Party candidate Peter Hutchinson came in at 7 percent, the same level of support as in September. The poll has a margin of sampling error of 3.4 percentage points, plus or minus.

This poll may just be an outlier, I still believe this race is going to be close.

-Justin