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Patricia Lopez

Political editor  |  Politics and government

Phone: 651-2673-7028, cell: 612-599-2654

E-mail: patricia.lopez@startribune.com

Patricia Lopez is the Star Tribune’s political editor, supervising coverage for state and national politics. Lopez started at the Star Tribune in 1992, as Minneapolis City Hall reporter. She moved to the state Capitol in 1994. Before becoming political editor, Lopez was the Star Tribune’s chief political reporter, covering the governor, U.S. Senate races and the state budget.

Recent content from Patricia Lopez

• Pawlenty tests out national message
  Tim Pawlenty is on the road again, speaking to GOP groups as he tries to revitalize his party and his presidential prospects.
  Jul 26, 2009
• On a day of remembrance, news of two more Minnesota casualties
  Two more Minnesotans have died as a result of military action in the war zones, bringing the recent total to five. Their sacrifices were honored Sunday in Stillwater.
  Jul 19, 2009
• The wait is agonizing for Coleman, Franken
  The candidates and their staffs are keeping their phones close by because they know the ruling could come any day now, ending a seven-month odyssey.
  Jun 24, 2009
• Unallotment scraps state campaign funding program
  Common Cause Minnesota is looking at the elimination of the Political Contribution Refund program as a way to go to court over Gov. Pawlenty's plan to balance the budget.
  Jun 23, 2009
• Stiff DFL resistance to Pawlenty cuts
  Administration officials came under sharp questioning from DFL legislators over unallotment plans.
  Jun 18, 2009
• DFLers call Pawlenty 'stubborn' on cuts
  DFLers doubt a meeting Thursday will answer their concerns. The governor's office said the plan will save jobs.
  Jun 18, 2009
• Pawlenty lays out budget shifts, cuts
  The governor maps out a plan to offset the $2.675 billion deficit on his own. He calls the moves targeted and softened. DFLers say the cuts damage the state.
  Jun 17, 2009
• Wide-open field for governor in 2010
  Now that Tim Pawlenty has said he won't seek a third term, here's info to help you through the dust kicked up by all the people stepping in.
  Jun 6, 2009
• Pawlenty back on the air, still not ruling anything out
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty repeated his insistence that his decision to bow out of the governor's race isn't necessarily a prelude to a run for the presidency.
  Jun 3, 2009
• Pawlenty says he won't run for third term
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty said that he would not seek a third term — a move widely seen as the first step in a possible presidential run.
  Jun 3, 2009

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