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Quinnipiac Poll: Obama has lead, Senate race in dead heat.

The latest Quinnipiac University poll shows Barack Obama leading John McCain by 11 percentage points (51% to 40%)

Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate race shows DFLer Al Franken leading GOP Sen Norm Coleman 38% to 36%. I-P candidate Dean Barkley is polling at 18%. Factor in the Margin of Error and you have a dead heat.

The Margin of Error is +/- 3.1%.