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DFL Gov. Mark Dayton is scheduled to spend nearly $1.28 million on TV ads in the Twin Cities market. A public records search of Twin Cities TV stations shows Dayton has reserved airtime to run the ads from September 23rd through Election Day.
Dayton blasts Johnson at union event
In his most political speech of the election cycle, Dayton suggested Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson would roll back union rights, slash government spending and cut income taxes on the state’s top earners.
GOP’s Johnson blasts Dayton over unions
Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson said during a news conference today that Dayton’s support of efforts to organize those providers is political payback to the labor unions that helped get him elected in 2010.