MN Governor
Pawlenty Proposal to Get Tough on Sex Offenders Likely to Have Huge Public Support
Previous polling suggests Minnesota residents back various tougher penalties on sex offenders by greater than 3:1 margins
Read MoreWhy Minnesota Democrats Should Be Thankful Tim Pawlenty Is Not Running for Reelection
Republican gubernatorial incumbents in Minnesota have won 93 percent of reelection defenses since statehood (25 of 27), while losing 70 percent of open seat contests over the past century
Read MoreMinnesota GOP Caucus Gubernatorial Straw Poll Voter Turnout Up Over 20 Percent from 2002
Despite the characterization that caucus night was a quiet night for Republicans in some media reports, GOP turnout nonetheless increased by more than 20 percent since the last time the party was searching for its gubernatorial nominee back in 2002
Read MoreTo the ‘Losers’ of the 2010 Minnesota Gubernatorial Straw Polls…
Tim Pawlenty, finished in 2nd place out of 3 candidates in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial straw poll
Read MoreWhat’s In a Name? Could Scrabble Scores Determine Minnesota’s Next Governor?
Gubernatorial candidates with longer names and names with letters totaling higher Scrabble tile values are nearly twice as likely to win general election races throughout Minnesota history
Read MoreFrom the U.S. Senate to St. Paul: Dayton (and Coleman?) Try to Make History
Pathway from 1 of 100 to 1 of 50 has been steep and narrow for Minnesota politicians
Read MoreCan the GOP Sweep All Four Upper Midwestern Gubernatorial Contests in November?
Republicans have swept nearly half the gubernatorial election cycles in the region over the past 100 years, including 1990 and 1994
Read MoreWill Pawlenty Have a Minnesota Economic Recovery to Run on in 2012?
Minnesota has endured second lowest increase in unemployment in the country since the 2008 Election
Read MoreCan the DFL Win a Gubernatorial Election with a Democrat in the White House?
DFL / Democratic Party has won only 12 percent of gubernatorial races in state history with a Democratic President in Washington
Read MoreDemocratic Gubernatorial Drought in Minnesota Is 3rd Longest in the Nation
Politically schizophrenic Gopher State’s 23-year dry spell without a DFL gubernatorial victory trails only GOP strongholds of South Dakota and Utah for longest in the U.S.
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