The governor's Thanksgiving plans

Back in September, Gov. Mark Dayton described some sad Thanksgiving plans. But now, he says he will be surrounded by family.

November 18, 2011 at 8:29PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Back in September, Minnesota's bachelor governor described some sad Thanksgiving plans.

Just him, his dogs, and a microwave, he said, just like every night. Dayton said with a smile that would make no exceptions for Thanksgiving, "unless someone wants to invite me somewhere, which happens rarely, but we will see."

But Dayton's plans have become a lot warmer.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

"I'm having Thanksgiving dinner at the Governor's Residence with an extended family of my sons, Eric and Andrew, and Alida Messinger and her husband Bill and Bill's daughter and two of his grandchildren. So, they'll be nine of us in all," Dayton told the Star Tribune Friday.

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