The work of these political committees is most likely to show up on TV, radio, social media, on your doorstep and in your mailbox at some point between now election day.
Jeff Johnson’s triumph over the former governor — who many expected to win the GOP nomination — sets up a race against U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, who won an easier-than-expected victory in the DFL primary.
One significant urban-rural divide in the race for Minnesota governor: the nature and location of the candidate forums themselves. They have been mostly rural, and mostly on rural subjects.
While GOP candidate Jeff Johnson shadow boxed with the absent Tim Pawlenty, the three DFL candidates — Tim Walz, Lori Swanson and Erin Murphy — mostly stuck to broad campaign themes.
In addition to lobbyists and lobbying firms, at least 14 donors have contributed money to the campaigns of candidates from both political parties. Who are they?
For Pawlenty, spinning his $1.7 million haul was an easy assignment. “Our campaign is well-positioned to take our message to every corner of Minnesota.”
“This is about the heart and soul of the Republican party,” Johnson said at a post-endorsement news conference. “Are we a party of the political class … Or are we a party of grassroots Republicans?”
In the long line of political fights, Dayton versus Bakk is a relatively tame affair. Here, the five biggest Gopher State political battles of the past 25 years.
Legislators may not like it, but Dayton is hardly the first governor whose policy goals took on a personal touch after being unburdened from re-election concerns.
Leibovich covers Washington, D.C. for the New York Times Magazine and is the author of “This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral — Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking! — in America’s Gilded Capital.”
The former Minnesota governor’s book, written when he was a candidate for president, is cited in a story about the foundering conservative-book business.
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