GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES
The major party candidates in the race to replace Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty are:
DFL
•State Sen. Tom Bakk
•Former U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton
•Former state Rep. Matt Entenza
•Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner
•Former state Sen. Steve Kelley
•Minnesota House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher
•State Sen. John Marty
•Felix Montez
•Scott Raskiewicz
•State Rep. Tom Rukavina
•Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak
•Ole Savior
•State Rep. Paul Thissen
GOP
•Leslie Davis
•State Rep. Tom Emmer
•Former state Rep. Bill Haas
•State Sen. David Hann
•Philip Herwig
•State Rep. Marty Seifert
•Robert Carney
INDEPENDENCE PARTY
•Rahn Workcuff
•John T. Uldrich
•Robert Hahn
•Tom Horner
•Joe Repya
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