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Minnesota's budget out of whack again

...they start proposing things," said Sen. David Hann, the incoming Republican minority leader and a presumed candidate for governor in 2014. "I have yet to see a revenue structure that will yield consistently, year after year, that level...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2013-01-03/minnesotas-budget-out-whac
Political
After big losses, Minnesota GOP faces tough 2 years

...on Tuesday. Pawlenty has already taken himself out of the running for the '14 cycle. Another once-likely candidate for governor, state House Speaker Kurt Zellers, is now implicated in the loss of that chamber. Even if Bachmann ekes out...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2012-11-07/after-big-losses-minnesota
Political
Companies stay on gay marriage sideline

...150,000 to a business-oriented political fund that in turn supported Tom Emmer, the conservative Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota with a lengthy record of opposing gay-rights causes, sparking an uproar by the HRC and other gay-rights...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2011-10-23/companies-stay-gay-marriag
Political
MN GOPers join marriage amendment opposition

...the gay marriage ban. The group includes state Rep. John Kriesel (KREE'-suhl) of Cottage Grove, former candidate for governor Wheelock Whitney and others.Republicans who control the Minnesota Legislature put the amendment on next year's...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2011-10-06/mn-gopers-join-marriage-am
Political
Four Minnesota gubernatorial candidates prepare for debates

ST. PAUL (AP) -- The four major party candidates for governor are preparing for a series of debates and forums this week. Democrat Roger Moe, Republican Tim Pawlenty, the Independence Party's...

http://www.brainerddispatch.com/stories/072702/sne_0727020032.shtml
News
Ventura returns to wrestling roots

...gave Ventura legal clearance to referee last week by refusing to issue a restraining order sought by a write-in candidate for governor, Leslie Davis. A state agency failed to consider another conflict of interest complaint brought by Common Cause...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/082399/new_0823990019.shtml
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Sign ban - Dispatch Editorial

...Republicans and Democrats would like nothing better than to see Ventura off the scene. After all, he beat their best candidates for governor and continues to chart his own independent course across the state's political landscape. He's unpredictable...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/020400/opi_0204000006.shtml
Opinion
Ventura jabs at Wellstone, suggests he's mulling run

...Wellstone's son, David, worked on the gubernatorial campaign of Hubert Humphrey III, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for governor in 1998. Since Ventura's victory, the third-party governor and the Democratic senator have clashed over...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/083000/pol_0830000041.shtml
Politics
Ventura's actions, comments fuel rocky relationship with unions

...the 1998 campaign trail, Jesse Ventura boasted of being the only card-carrying union member among the leading candidates for governor. But those credentials haven't translated into a rosy relationship between Ventura's administration and labor...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/080301/gov_0803010009.shtml
News
Illinois governor won't seek 2nd term

...to listen more and shout less. We need to moderate our positions." Both Jim Ryan and the only declared GOP candidate for governor, state Sen. Patrick O'Malley, are more conservative than George Ryan. Lt. Gov. Corinne Wood, a moderate...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/080901/nne_0809010036.shtml
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