MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Larry Jacobs, political science professor at the University of Minnesota about status of U.S. Senate race.

A new poll shows Republican Norm Coleman would have to play catch-up against Walter Mondale in the race for the U-S Senate seat left vacant by the death of Paul Wellstone. The Star Tribune Minnesota Poll finds Mondale leads Coleman 47 percent to 39 percent. The poll also shows changes in the governor's race, where Independence Party candidate Tim Penny has fallen to 19 percent, essentially taking him out of what was a close three-way race.