With only 7% of voters undecided, DFL county attorney Amy Klobuchar continues to hold a narrow edge over Republican Representative Mark Kennedy in the race to succeed Senator Mark Dayton (D), who is retiring after a single term.

The two have been near-even throughout most of the election year. Last month, Klobuchar led 45% to 43%. The competitive and well-funded contest is being watched closely by national officials of both parties.

Veterinarian Ford Bell continues to campaign for the DFL nomination, but has been trailing Klobuchar. (The DFL Party is the state's equivalent of the Democratic Party.) Minnesota's primary elections are held on September 12.

Klobuchar is viewed favorably by 57% of likely voters, unfavorably by 29%; 14% are "not sure" what to think of her. Kennedy is viewed favorably by 46%, unfavorably by 41%, with 12% "not sure."

Democrats are somewhat more enthusiastic about Klobuchar than Republicans are about Kennedy. Eighty-two percent (82%) of Democrats view Klobuchar favorably; 50% view her "very" favorably. By contrast, Kennedy gets thumbs up from 72% of Republicans, only one half of whom (36% of all GOP voters) view him "very" favorably.

See our story on Minnesota's gubernatorial race for data on how the state's voters feel about possible presidential candidates Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Rudy Giuliani. We also asked how respondents might vote in prospective match-ups among them; data on those answers are available only to premium members.

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