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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

Governor Pawlenty to announce spending cuts on Tuesday

Governor Pawlenty’s public events schedule says he’ll announce which programs he intends to cut to balance the state’s budget. The announcement will be at 2 pm Tuesday in the governor’s reception room. Pawlenty has pledged to erase a $2.7 billion budget deficit on his own after he failed to reach a budget deal with Democrats…
by Tom Scheck

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Source: GOP State Rep. Laura Brod will run for governor.

A source close to GOP state Rep. Laura Brod, of New Prague, said she will run for governor. The source said she’ll make an official announcement in the next week or two. Brod was actively courting activists at Saturday’s MNGOP State Party Central Committee meeting. At the time, she said she was gauging interest on…
by Tom Scheck

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Taxpayers League takes the temperature of the GOP delegates on gov race

The Taxpayers League of Minnesota conducted an unscientific straw poll (a fish bowl and blank pieces of paper – that’s how unscientific) of gubernatorial candidates at the MNGOP State Central Committee meeting. Here are the results (courtesy of TLM’s Brad Biers): 144 Ballots Cast 53 – Marty Seifert 18 – Tom Emmer 15 – Laura…
by Tom Scheck

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Klobuchar is hoping for Independence Day ruling

Minnesota’s lone U.S. Senator says she’s out or predictions and almost out of patience when it comes to a resolution in the Franken-Coleman contest. During a unrelated news event today in St. Louis Park, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., told reporters that she hopes the unresolved Senate election will be resolved soon. “I have predicted the…
by Tim Pugmire

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Report: Pawlenty to gauge if support there for 2012 run

Get ready for lots of these reports in the next year or so.. Washington Whispers (a U.S. News and World Report blog) says Pawlenty will work the country to see if he can mount a White House bid in 2012: Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who has decided against running for a third term in 2010,…
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The Daily Digest: 6-15-09

Gov. Pawlenty will announce this week which programs he’ll cut to balance the budget. The Legislative Advisory Commission also scheduled a meeting this week to discuss unallotment. A hard hit manufacturing industry looks forward in Minnesota. A new audit finds that Gov. Pawlenty’s office needs to tighten some internal controls in the office. The president…
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Pawlenty to announce cuts this week.

Gov. Pawlenty told me yesterday that he’ll announce this week which programs he intends to cut to erase a $2.7 billion budget deficit. “We’ll probably have some proposals this coming week but they won’t be finalized until after that,” Pawlenty said. When asked, Pawlenty would not say which day he would announce the cuts. The…
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Speeches!

Gov. Pawlenty, GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann and Republican Norm Coleman all addressed the activists at Saturday’s GOP State Central Committee meeting. I’m posting the audio so others can listen to it. Pawlenty’s speech had a hint of national focus in it. Bachmann focused her speech mostly on President Obama’s policies but also touched on key…
by Tom Scheck

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Bachmann won’t take run for governor completely off the table

I spoke with GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann at the GOP State Central Committee meeting yesterday. I asked her whether she would be interested in running for governor in 2010. She said she’s happy with her job in Washington, but wouldn’t completely rule out a run for governor. “It would have to be if I felt…
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The GOP Gov candidates working the crowd

There were seven Republicans who were actively courting delegates at Saturday’s MNGOP State Central meeting. Former House Speaker Steve Sviggum says he’s officially running. So is state Representative Paul Kohls. House Minority Leader Marty Seifert was surrounded by a crew of supporters in “Vote Marty Seifert” t-shirts who were handing out buttons. Seifert says he’s…
by Tom Scheck

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