R.T. Rybak filed his gubernatorial campaign committee just two days after winning a second term as Minneapolis mayor in November. Despite his comparatively late entry, he received a boost less than two weeks later when a Rasmussen poll on the 2010 field found him tied with Mark Dayton for the early lead on the DFL side. Capitol Report talked with Rybak earlier this week.
Steve Kelley, the former Senate Education Committee chair who left state government following his unsuccessful run for the DFL gubernatorial endorsement in 2006, says he'll keep his options open if he doesn't win the 2010 DFL endorsement next spring. PIM talked with Kelley last Thursday.
by Steve Perry
Published: August 10, 2009
Tags: 2010 Governor's Race, Bill Haas, David Hann, John Marty, Mark Dayton, Marty Seifert, Matt Entenza, Mike Jungbauer, Pat Anderson, Paul Kohls, Paul Thissen, Susan Gaertner, Tom Bakk, Tom Emmer, Tom Rukavina, What makes them run
Here’s a checklist of the interviews we’ve been doing for the past few weeks with 2010 candidates for governor.
The dates of original publication are noted parenthetically. Collect ‘em all:
Paul Thissen (DFL) (7/16)
Marty Seifert (R) (7/17)
Matt Entenza (DFL) (7/21)
David Hann (R) (7/22)
John Marty (DFL) (7/23)
Paul Kohls (R) (7/27)
Mark Dayton (DFL) (7/28)
Tom Bakk (DFL) (7/28)
Bill Haas (R) [...]
On Tuesday PIM spoke by phone with the newest entrant to the Republican gubernatorial field–state Sen. Mike Jungbauer (East Bethel), who filed his campaign committee papers last week.
Mike Jungbauer/vitals
Born: 1958; Education: Anoka Ramsey Community College, Moody Bible College, Metropolitan State University; Occupation: Water resources manager; Elected: 2002 (2nd term); Committees: Finance - Transportation Budget and [...]
Despite his four years-plus in the Legislature, state Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Delano) is making a Capitol-outsider ethos one of the keynotes of his gubernatorial campaign. PIM spoke with Emmer about his run last Friday evening.
Tom Emmer/vitals
Born: 1961, South Bend, Indiana; Education: B.A., University of Alaska-Fairbanks (history, political science), J.D., William Mitchell College of Law; Occupation: [...]
[This interview originally appeared in the July 31 issue of PIM Weekly Report.]
On Thursday PIM got a chance to talk with former state auditor and Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat Anderson about her run for the corner office at the Capitol.
Pat Anderson/vitals
Born: 1966; Education: B.A., University of Minnesota; M.A., Hamline University (public administration); Occupation: Entrepreneur, president [...]
PIM had a chance to talk with the newest gubernatorial candidate in the DFL field, 12-term Iron Range Rep. Tom Rukavina (Virginia), by phone yesterday just as he was concluding a campaign stopover in the Twin Cities.
Tom Rukavina/vitals
Born: 1950, Virginia, Minnesota; Education: B.A., University of Minnesota-Duluth (political science); Occupation: Legislator; Elected: 1986 (12th term); Committees: [...]
On Tuesday PIM sat down with DFL state Sen. John Marty at his Roseville home to talk about his bid to be Minnesota’s next governor. Marty is the sole DFLer in the race who has obtained his party’s gubernatorial nomination in the past; in 1994, he lost by a decisive 63-34 margin to a popular [...]
State Sen. David Hann (R-Eden Prairie) was driving through a rainstorm near Moorhead en route to a campaign event when we caught up with him by phone this week to ask the seven questions we’ve been posing to the Minnesota 2010 gubernatorial candidates.
[See previous What makes them run interviews].
David Hann/vitals
Born: 1952; Elected: 2002 (2nd term); [...]
In this installment of PIM’s series of interviews with major party candidates for governor in 2010, we’re featuring former DFL House Minority Leader Matt Entenza. This week (after getting the once-over from Eleanor Roosevelt, Entenza’s nine-year-old Retriever mix), we sat down with Entenza at his St. Paul home, which is currently doubling as his campaign [...]
