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Parents > United States > Minnesota > Governor
OfficeGovernor
TypeGeneral 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
ContributorJ.R.
Last ModifiedRBH June 17, 2011 01:47pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/07/2006
NameTim Pawlenty Votes1,028,568 (46.69%)
Term01/02/2007 - 01/03/2011 Margin21,108 (+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
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Mark Dayton
Strong 1
Lean 9
Slight 36
Tom Emmer
Slight 9
Tom Horner
Slight 1
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

03/10/2010 10/29/2010

CANDIDATES
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Name Sen. Mark Dayton St. Rep. Tom Emmer Tom Horner T. Christopher Wright Farheen Hakeem Ken Pentel Linda S. Eno
PartyDemocratic-Farmer-Labor Republican MN Independence Grassroots Green Ecology Democracy Resource
Votes919,232 (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%)
Margin0 (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% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $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) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+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) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Public Opinion Strategies (R) 
10/24-10/25		 40.00% (+0.0) 40.00% (+0.0) 13.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+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) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 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) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 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) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
10/20-10/20		 44.00% (+4.0) 41.00% (+3.0) 10.00% (-5.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
10/06-10/06		 40.00% (-1.0) 38.00% (-4.0) 15.00% (+6.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Humphrey Institute/University of Minnesota 
09/22-09/26		 38.00% (+4.0) 27.00% (-7.0) 16.00% (+3.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Princeton Survey Research Associates 
09/20-09/23		 39.00% (+0.0) 30.00% (+0.0) 18.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
09/22-09/22		 41.00% (-4.0) 42.00% (+6.0) 9.00% (-1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
09/12-09/14		 38.00% (-8.0) 36.00% (+4.0) 18.00% (+9.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Humphrey Institute/University of Minnesota 
08/25-08/29		 34.00% (+0.0) 34.00% (+0.0) 13.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
08/12-08/12		 45.00% (+5.0) 36.00% (+0.0) 10.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
08/02-08/04		 46.00% (+8.0) 32.00% (-3.0) 9.00% (-3.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Princeton Survey Research Associates 
07/26-07/29		 40.00% (+0.0) 31.00% (+0.0) 15.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
07/19-07/19		 40.00% (+5.0) 36.00% (-1.0) 10.00% (-2.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
06/14-06/16		 38.00% (+0.0) 35.00% (+0.0) 12.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
05/24-05/24		 35.00% (-3.0) 37.00% (+2.0) 12.00% (+5.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Humphrey Institute/University of Minnesota 
05/13-05/16		 35.00% (+0.0) 31.00% (+0.0) 9.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
04/04-05/05		 34.00% (+0.0) 41.00% (+0.0) 9.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
03/10-03/10		 38.00% (+0.0) 35.00% (+0.0) 7.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
LBR Old LW
D EastTexasDem
DFL JC42
  International Association of Firefighters
R Minnesota Populist
R Hikikomori Blitzkrieg!
  National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
  Minnesota Farm Bureau
S Tax Suchart
LBT The Minarchist
LBT Smart
R CincinnatiReds1990
LBT Jed
I Ralph Nader [L]
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name (W) Write-In (W) Leslie Davis (W) John Uldrich (W) Peter Idusogie (W) Sherif Mansour (W) Oloveuse S. "Ole" Savior
PartyNonpartisan Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent
Votes1,822 (0.09%) 30 (0.00%) 7 (0.00%) 3 (0.00%) 1 (0.00%) 1 (0.00%)
Margin-917,410 (-43.54%) -919,202 (-43.63%) -919,225 (-43.63%) -919,229 (-43.63%) -919,231 (-43.63%) -919,231 (-43.63%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Public Policy Polling 
10/27-10/29		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/24-10/27		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Public Opinion Strategies (R) 
10/24-10/25		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Humphrey Institute/University of Minnesota 
10/21-10/25		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Princeton Survey Research Associates 
10/18-10/21		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Saint Cloud University 
10/10-10/21		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
10/20-10/20		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
10/06-10/06		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Humphrey Institute/University of Minnesota 
09/22-09/26		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Princeton Survey Research Associates 
09/20-09/23		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
09/22-09/22		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
09/12-09/14		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Humphrey Institute/University of Minnesota 
08/25-08/29		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
08/12-08/12		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
08/02-08/04		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Princeton Survey Research Associates 
07/26-07/29		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
07/19-07/19		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
06/14-06/16		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
05/24-05/24		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Humphrey Institute/University of Minnesota 
05/13-05/16		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
04/04-05/05		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
03/10-03/10		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Dec 07, 2010 10:00pm Report Emmer to concede Wednesday morning  Article Eric 
Dec 07, 2010 11:10am Poll Poll: Two-thirds of Minnesotans say Emmer should concede  Article Eric 
Dec 06, 2010 02:45pm News MN GOP bans 18 Republicans who supported Horner  Article RBH 
Dec 01, 2010 11:10am General Tensions mount on day 3 of [MN] gubernatorial recount  Article RP 
Nov 30, 2010 11:00am News Dayton team claims bigger gain in Minn. recount  Article Eric 
Nov 28, 2010 03:10pm News Recount To Begin In Minnesota Governor's Race  Article Monsieur 

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