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> United States > Minnesota > Governor

Office

Governor

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

January 01, 2010 - 12:00am

Polls Open

November 02, 2010 - 06:00am

Polls Close

November 02, 2010 - 06:00pm

Term Start

January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm

Term End

January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm

Contributor

J.R.

Last Modified

RBH June 17, 2011 01:47pm

Data Sources

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Description

LAST GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Republican	Won	11/07/2006
	Name	Tim Pawlenty	Votes	1,028,568 (46.69%)
	Term	01/02/2007 - 01/03/2011	Margin	21,108 (+0.96%)

PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Oct 03, 2009	MN Governor - R Straw Poll	Marty Seifert
Feb 02, 2010	MN Governor - G Preference Caucuses	None of the Above
Feb 02, 2010	MN Governor - DFL Preference Caucuses	R. T. Rybak
Feb 02, 2010	MN Governor - R Preference Caucuses	Marty Seifert
Feb 28, 2010	MN Governor - MNI Caucuses	Tom Horner
Apr 24, 2010	MN Governor - DFL Convention	Margaret Anderson Kelliher
Apr 30, 2010	MN Governor - R Convention	Tom Emmer
Aug 10, 2010	MN Governor - MNI Primary	Tom Horner
Aug 10, 2010	MN Governor - R Primary	Tom Emmer
Aug 10, 2010	MN Governor - DFL Primary	Mark Dayton

COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS

KEY RACE? 9.0000000000 Average

MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

03/10/2010	10/29/2010

CANDIDATES

Photo

Name

Sen. Mark Dayton

St. Rep. Tom Emmer

Tom Horner

T. Christopher Wright

Farheen Hakeem

Ken Pentel

Linda S. Eno

Party

Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Votes

919,232 (43.63%)

910,462 (43.21%)

251,487 (11.94%)

7,516 (0.36%)

6,188 (0.29%)

6,180 (0.29%)

4,092 (0.19%)

Margin

0 (0.00%)

-8,770 (-0.42%)

-667,745 (-31.69%)

-911,716 (-43.27%)

-913,044 (-43.33%)

-913,052 (-43.33%)

-915,140 (-43.43%)

Predict Avg.

36.79%

34.71%

9.41%

0.00%

Finances

$0.00

MATCHUP POLLS

Public Policy Polling
10/27-10/29

43.00% (+0.0)

40.00% (+0.0)

15.00% (+0.0)

0.00% (+0.0)

Survey USA
10/24-10/27

39.00% (+1.0)

38.00% (+2.0)

13.00% (-5.0)

0.00% (+0.0)

Public Opinion Strategies (R)
10/24-10/25

40.00% (+0.0)

13.00% (+0.0)

0.00% (+0.0)

Humphrey Institute/University of Minnesota
10/21-10/25

41.00% (+3.0)

29.00% (+2.0)

11.00% (-5.0)

0.00% (+0.0)

Princeton Survey Research Associates
10/18-10/21

41.00% (+2.0)

34.00% (+4.0)

13.00% (-5.0)

0.00% (+0.0)

Saint Cloud University
10/10-10/21

40.00% (+0.0)

30.00% (+0.0)

19.00% (+0.0)

0.00% (+0.0)

ENDORSEMENTS

Endorsements

LBR	Old LW
D	EastTexasDem
DFL	JC42
	International Association of Firefighters
	Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association
	Education Minnesota
IndP	6921
D	Jason
Laf-W	Craverguy

R	Minnesota Populist
R	Hikikomori Blitzkrieg!
	National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
	Minnesota Farm Bureau
	National Rifle Association (NRA)
	Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
R	...

S Tax	Suchart
LBT	The Minarchist
LBT	Smart
R	CincinnatiReds1990
R	Joanell M. Dyrstad [L]
	St. Cloud Times
	Pioneer Press
	Minnesota Hospital PAC
R	Doug A. Kelley [L]
R	Al Quie [L]
	Duluth News Tribune
DFL	Michael V. "Mike" Ciresi [L]
	Fargo-Moorhead Forum
	Grand Forks Herald
	Star Tribune, The (Minneapolis - St. Paul)
R	Allen I. Olson [L]
	Builders Association of Minnesota
R	Peggy Leppik [L]
R	Neil W. Peterson [L]
R	William V. "Bill" Belanger, II [L]
R	Dennis D. Ozment [L]
R	David Jennings [L]
R	Edward C. "Ed" Oliver [L]
R	Lynne Osterman [L]
R	Dave Bishop [L]
R	Rodney N. "Rod" Searle [L]
R	Applez
I	lucky
	Minnesota MEDPAC
I	M@
R	Arne H. Carlson [L]
I	David F. Durenberger [L]