Minnesota Poll: Attorney General Keith Ellison and Jim Schultz locked in close race

DFL Attorney General Keith Ellison and Republican challenger Jim Schultz are nearly deadlocked in the battle for the state's top legal office, according to a new Star Tribune/MPR News/KARE 11 Minnesota Poll.

The poll found 46% of respondents support Ellison, with 45% favoring Schultz. In the fight for secretary of state, DFL incumbent Steve Simon leads GOP candidate Kim Crockett by a margin of almost 8 percentage points.

With less than two months until Election Day, Ellison - who won by less than 4 percentage points in 2018 - is trying to hang on against political newcomer Jim Schultz, whose campaign trail messaging has zeroed in on rising crime, a key issue for many voters. Ellison's narrow lead falls within the poll's margin of error, which is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-poll-attorney-general-keith-ellison-jim-schultz-secretary-state-steve-simon-kim-crockett/600207085/