(Undated) -- With less than nine months to go before election day, the leaders are Seifert, Emmer, Rybak and Kelliher. According to Tuesday's Straw Poll for governor, State Representative Marty Seifert is the front-runner among Republicans vying for their party's endorsement, ten-percentage points ahead of Tom Emmer. On the Democratic side, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak garnered 22-percent of Tuesday's voting while House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher had 20-percent to lead the large field of DFLers.