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FORM 4UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
TAMKE GEORGE W

(Last)(First)(Middle)
1000 NICOLLET MALL

(Street)
MINNEAPOLISMN55403

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TARGET CORP [TGT]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
XDirector10% Owner
Officer (give title below)Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/28/2009
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
CodeVAmount(A) or (D)Price
Common Stock 08/28/2009 M  8,864 A$ 33.8512 23,290 (1) D  
Common Stock 08/28/2009 S  8,864 D$ 47.2687 (2) 14,426 D  

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
CodeV(A)(D)Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Stock Option $ 33.8512 08/28/2009 M   8,864 01/12/200101/12/2010 Common Stock 8,864 $ 0 0 D  
Explanation of Responses:
1. Includes dividend equivalents paid on restricted stock units since the date of the reporting person's last filing that have been reinvested in additional restricted stock units.
2. Price is the volume weighted average selling price of all sales by the reporting person on the transaction date. Actual prices ranged from $47.21 to $47.385. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request of the Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
 
Remarks:
tamkepoa.TXT
Mary B. Stanley, Attorney-In-Fact08/31/2009
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
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TARGET CORPORATION

Power of Attorney
of Director and/or Officer

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the 
undersigned director and/or officer of 
TARGET CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation 
(the Corporation), does hereby make, 
constitute and appoint GREGG W. STEINHAFEL,
DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER,TIMOTHY R. BAER,DAVID L.
DONLIN and Mary B. Stanley, and each or any
one of them, the undersigneds true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the
undersigneds name, place and stead, to sign
and affix the undersigneds name as director
and/or officer of the Corporation to (1) a 
Form 10-K, Annual Report, or other applicable 
form, pursuant to the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act), 
including any and all exhibits, schedules, 
supplements, certifications and supporting 
documents thereto, including, but not limited 
to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the 
Corporations 401(k) Plan and similar plans 
pursuant to the 1934 Act, and all amendments, 
supplementations and corrections thereto, to 
be filed by the Corporation with the Securities 
and Exchange Commission (the SEC), as required 
in connection with its registration under 
the 1934 Act, as amended; (2) one or more 
Forms 3, 4 or 5 pursuant to the 1934 Act 
and all related documents, amendments, 
supplementations and corrections thereto, 
to be filed with the SEC as required under 
the 1934 Act; and (3) one or more Registration 
Statements, on Form S-3, Form S-8, Form 144 
or other applicable forms, and all amendments, 
including post-effective amendments, thereto, 
to be filed by the Corporation with the SEC 
in connection with the registration under the 
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 
debt, equity and other securities of the 
Corporation, and to file the same, with 
all exhibits thereto and other supporting 
documents, with the SEC.

The undersigned also grants to said 
attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full 
power and authority to do and perform any 
and all acts necessary or incidental to 
the performance and execution of the powers 
herein expressly granted.  This Power of 
Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked 
in writing by the undersigned.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed
below as of this 1st day of February, 2009.


/s/ George W. Tamke
George W. Tamke

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