The 2006 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Tim Pawlenty was endorsed by the state Republican convention on June 2, 2006, while the state Democratic–Farmer–Labo
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The Forward Independence Party, a reverse merger of the Forward Party of Minnesota and the Independence-Alliance Party of Minnesota, formerly the Independence Party, and also formerly the Reform Party
2006 Minnesota gubernatorial election
…former Minnesota Commissioner of Finance (1989–91), former Superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools (1993–97), and consultant. Hutchinson won the Independence Party straw poll in March, and was endorsed at the June 24 convention. Hutchinson's running mate was physician and former University of Minnesota Board of…
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Independence Party of Minnesota's 2006 convention at Midway Stadium