Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Minnesota's candidates for Governor at the State Fair

There is lots of talk in the mainstream media about how much money Hatch and Pawlenty have in the bank (reminding them no doubt to buy lots of mainstream media advertisements). However, the leaders in the money-gathering race are refusing to debate and have not launched conventional grassroots campaigns, while their opponents Senator Becky Lourey and Sue Jeffers - the Republican primary challenger are spending long days and very little money campaigning face to face with State Fair attendees and are winning over voters one at a time, face to face.

From an article at StarTribune.com by Patricia Lopez:

On the gubernatorial front, the wait could be longer. That State Fair debate was cancelled after Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Attorney General Mike Hatch, the DFL candidate, declined to participate.

Pawlenty campaign manager Mike Krueger said the format "was not one we were interested in." MPR had planned to have all the major party primary candidates join in, which would have included Independence Party endorsee Peter Hutchinson, his IP rival Pam Ellison, GOP challenger Sue Jeffers and Hatch's DFL opponent, Becky Lourey.

Melenie Soucheray, spokeswoman for Hutchinson, said they had accepted the invitation and were disappointed.

"We're sorry the people of Minnesota will not get to evaluate their three endorsed candidates at the fair," she said.


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