Walz leads by 9 in new SurveyUSA poll

Rep. Tim Walz expanded his lead over Republican challenger Randy Demmer, according to a KAAL-TV/SurveyUSA poll released on Wednesday. The poll found Walz breaking the 50 percent mark, with Demmer getting 41 percent. The poll also found that among voters in the First Congressional District, DFLer Mark Dayton narrowly leads Republican Tom Emmer in the race for governor at 42 percent to 41 percent. Independence party candidate Tom Horner got 13 percent.

Walz and Demmer took most of the votes in the poll. IP candidate Steven Wilson got 4 percent, while independent candidate Lars Johnson got 2 percent. Four percent were undecided.

The economy was the top issue in the district with 58 percent of voters rating it as their primary concern.

The poll surveyed 800 people between Oct. 22 and 26. SurveyUSA has not polled mobile-phones in Minnesota this cycle and the KAAL story doesn’t mention that they did in this case. The survey had a margin of 4.2 percent.