Tina Smith hits the campaign trail with a visit to Willmar

With her boss back in St. Paul recuperating from hip surgery, Tina Smith is front and center in Gov. Mark Dayton's re-election effort, retracing the campaign route through coffee shops, cafes and businesses similar to one the governor traveled over the past 35 years building his political name.

April 20, 2014 at 10:30PM

Lt. Governor candidate and Mark Dayton's running mate Tina Smith visited with supporters and patrons at Dierdre's Coffee, Willmar, MN.

Lt. Governor candidate and Mark Dayton's running mate Tina Smith visited with supporters and patrons at Dierdre's Coffee, Willmar, MN.  Governor Dayton is recovering from hip surgery and is unable to campaign for now.          ]   GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com   Saturday, April 12, 2014
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Tina Smith visited with supporters and patrons at Dierdre's Coffee, Willmar.

Lt. Governor candidate and Mark Dayton's running mate Tina Smith visited with supporters and patrons at Dierdre's Coffee, Willmar, MN.  Governor Dayton is recovering from hip surgery and is unable to campaign for now.          ]   GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com   Saturday, April 12, 2014
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Tina Smith met with Idalia "Charly" Leuze, executive director of the West Central Integration Collaborative and Roberto Valdez, executive director of the Willmar Area Multicultural Business Center. They showed her around some of the new and thriving Latino and Somali businesses in Willmar.

Lt. Governor candidate and Mark Dayton's running mate Tina Smith met with Idalia "Charly" Leuze, executive director of the West Central Integration Collaborative and Roberto Valdez, executive director of the Willmar Area Multicultural Business Center. They showed her around some of the new and thriving Latino and Somali businesses in Willmar.       ]   GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com   Saturday, April 12, 2014
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Sahro A. Farah, owner of Bihi Restaurant in Willmar, MN.

Lt. Governor candidate and Mark Dayton's running mate Tina Smith talked with Sahro A. Farah, owner of Bihi Restaurant in Willamar, MN.      ]   GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com   Saturday, April 12, 2014
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With the help of interpreter Abdirizak Mahboub, left, a Somali community organizer. Lt. Governor candidate Tina Smith met with Somali Leaders in a conference room in the Willmar library.

With the help of interpreter Abdirizak Mahboub, left, a Somali community organizer. Lt. Governor candidate and Mark Dayton's running mate Tina Smith met with Somali Leaders in a conference room in the Willmar library.    ]   GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com   Saturday, April 12, 2014
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Photojournalist Glen Stubbe has been chief political photographer for the Minnesota Star Tribune since 2011 and was business photographer and photo editor before that. He was named Visual MN Photographer of the Year twice in a row, first in 2015, and then combined 2016-2017.

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