Stunning Upset

New Poll Shows Dean Leading Iowa

The poll, taken July 22-29, shows former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean nudging out U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri as the front-runner in Iowa at this stage of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Dean is the first choice of 23 percent of those who say they definitely or probably will attend the Democratic caucuses. Gephardt is favored by 21 percent. Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry comes in third in the nine-member field with 14 percent.