The results of the caucus night straw poll are in, and the winners are Mike Hatch, Amy Klobuchar, and the conventional wisdom.

The conventional wisdom wins because Hatch and Klobuchar were widely seen as the DFL frontrunners for governor and U.S. Senate respectively. MPR's Laura McCallum has the numbers:

With 75 percent of the precincts reporting, about 38 percent of caucus attendees prefer Hatch in the governor's race. State Senators Becky Lourey and Steve Kelley were in a virtual tie for second with slightly more than 20 percent of the vote. Real estate developer Kelly Doran got 6 percent of the vote, and about 10 percent were undecided. For U.S. Senate most backed Hennepin County Attorney Amy Kloubuchar, who got nearly 77 percent of the vote, compared to veterinarian Ford Bell's 16 percent.

Those numbers have to be most disappointing to Steve Kelley, who was the only DFLer who had promised to abide by the party endorsement. In years past, that would almost guarantee support among potential delegates. Ford Bell has not made a similar promise, but he certainly must have expected more support from die-hard DFLers.

So what's the spin on a 15 point Hatch lead? Look at this from the Star Tribune:

Lourey's spokesman, John Blackshaw, offered this analysis: "Clearly we're very pleased. The race is wide open. Mike Hatch is no longer the presumptive endorsee, and it's going to be a tough fight."

And this from the Pioneer Press:

Kelley's campaign manager, Matt Filner, said he was happy that Hatch had not won more than 50 percent of the votes in the poll. "The majority of DFL voters, all of whom know Mike Hatch, are voting for somebody else," Filner said. "I think nobody expected that anybody but Mike Hatch would finish first. … This race is wide open."

So, in case you didn't hear, the race isn't just open. It's wide open. Got it? OK then.

More votes will be counted later Wednesday, so we'll see whether anything changes.