KSTP/SurveyUSA: Ellison gains 4-point lead over Wardlow in AG race

(KSTP) Neither campaign is holding back any punches in the final days of the race for Minnesota attorney general.

It’s a battle that is being waged on the airwaves and in digital ads between DFL candidate Keith [Ellison] and Republican candidate Doug Wardlow.

And the latest KSTP/SurveyUSA poll shows Ellison has gained a four-point lead over Wardlow — 44 percent to 40 percent — with 12 percent undecided, and four percent indicating they’ll vote for someone else.

“It’s a very competitive race, (and) these are two candidates (who) are almost as far apart as you could be on the issues,” said [Kathryn] Pearson, a University of Minnesota political science professor.

“I think anything could happen on election night.”

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