2010 Minnesota Governor’s Race
Check here for the latest news about the 2010 governor’s race.
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Candidates |
Exploring / Running? |
Announced? |
Filed? |
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Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL.org) |
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| Mark Dayton Former U.S. Senator | Yes | Yes | (CF Board) • MarkDayton.org |
| Peter Idusogie | Yes | Yes | (CF Board) • mnpeterforgovernor.com |
| Felix Montez | Yes | (CF Board) • Website | |
| Scott Raskiewicz | Yes | Yes | (CF Board) • sjr4gov.org |
| Ole Savior | Yes | (CF Board) | |
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Republican Party (MnGOP.com) |
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| Tom Emmer State Representative (Delano) GOP ENDORSED | Yes | Yes | (CF Board) • EmmerForGovernor.com |
| Peter Roess | Yes | Yes | (CF Board) • cleanwaterdreamteam.org |
| Independence Party (IndependenceMinnesota.org) | |||
| Rob Hahn | Yes | Yes | (CF Board) |
| Tom Horner IP Endorsed | Yes | Yes | (CF Board) • Horner2010.com |
| John Uldrich | Yes | (CF Board) • JohnUldrichForGovernor.com | |
| Rahn Workcuff | Yes | (CF Board) | |
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Other Parties |
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| Other-Chris Wright | Yes | (CF Board) • VoteWright.org | |
| Linda S. Eno (Resource Party) | Yes | Yes | (CF Board) • ResourceParty.org |
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Confirmed not running |
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| Margaret Anderson Kelliher Speaker of the House (Mpls) DFL ENDORSED | |||
| Matt Entenza Former House Minority Leader | |||
| Bob Carney, Jr. | |||
| Leslie Davis | |||
| R- Marty Seifert State Rep. (Marshall) | |||
| R- Bill Haas | |||
| R- Phil Herwig | |||
| DFL- Susan Gaertner Ramsey County Attorney | |||
| DFL- John Marty State Senator (Roseville) | |||
| DFL- R.T. Rybak Mayor of Minneapolis | |||
| DFL- Paul Thissen State Rep. (Minneapolis) | |||
| DFL- Tom Rukavina State Rep. (Virginia) | |||
| DFL- Tom Bakk State Senator (Cook) | |||
| I- Joe Repya | |||
| R- David Hann State Senator (Eden Prairie) | |||
| DFL-Steve Kelley Former State Senator (Hopkins) | |||
| R-Norm Coleman Former U.S. Senator | |||
| R-Pat Anderson Former State Auditor | |||
| R-Mike Jungbauer State Senator (East Bethel) | |||
| R - Paul Kohls State Representative (Victoria) | |||
| DFL - Chris Coleman St. Paul Mayor | |||
| DFL-Doug Peterson President, MN Farmers Union; Former State Rep. | |||
| R-Steve Sviggum DOLI Commissioner, Frmr Speaker of the House Suspending his campaign August 19, after ruling on Hatch Act. | |||
| R-Paul Koering State Senator (Ft. Ripley). Abandoning his possible run. | |||
| DFL-Tarryl Clark State Senator (St. Cloud). Running for U.S. Congress in the 6th District. | |||
| R-Jim Ramstad July 14: “I have decided not to become a candidate.” | |||
| DFL-Roger Moe | |||
| DFL-Mark Ritchie Secretary of State | |||
| R-Laura Brod July 8: “Suspending the conversations…related to the potential of [her] candidacy” | |||
| R-Michele Bachmann U.S. Representative (MN-6) | |||
| R-Dick Day State Senator (Owatonna) | |||
| R-Brian Sullivan Businessman, national RNC member | |||
| Independence-Tim Penny Former U.S. Rep. & IP candidate | |||
| R-David Olson MN Chamber of Commerce June 24, 2009, “At this point, I am not a candidate.” | |||
Explanatory notes
- “Exploring/Running” means the candidate is just that, exploring a candidacy or openly running. You’ll note we did not account for those potential candidates who insist they are being drafted or solicited to run. That old saw is meant to nurture the thinking that if but not for all that “organic” cajoling, the candidate wouldn’t get in the race. To that, we’ve always said “BS.” Someone either wants to run for office or not. We’ve got question marks in the columns for people whose names are consistently on lists, but who haven’t made a public statement either way. When someone says he or she is definitely not running, we’ll drop that person to the “Confirmed not running” list below the matrix.
- “Announced” means that person has officially announced he or she is running.
- “Filed” means that a campaign committee has been officially filed with the Minnesota Campaign Finance & Public Disclosure Board (CFB).
We made the distinction between “announced” and “filed” because many times candidates won’t officially announce until long after they’ve filed committees to legally raise money. [These candidates want that "I'm being begged" factor, but also, getting out there and trying to raise money helps many candidates decide whether to formally announce.] Finally, do note the prominence of the time and date stamp. Every time there’s a change, we’ll update our list. Our primary vehicle for gathering that intelligence will be Twitter, where most Minnesota political news seems to be breaking. However, we always welcome updates by the new (compared to Twitter) snail mail: email. Please send all updates and comments to staff@politicsinminnesota.com.
