Jeff Johnson is the Minnesota Republican Party’s candidate for governor after this weekend’s state convention in Duluth, but whether he’s on the ballot this November remains to be seen:
That’s because former Governor Tim Pawlenty is running for a third term, skipped his party’s convention and is going directly to the August primary election. Johnson says he’ll beat Pawlenty:
But Pawlenty’s supporters say the real test is the November election and Pawlenty has a better shot at winning back the governor’s office for Republicans.

Representative Erin Murphy received the party endorsement for governor at the Minnesota D-F-L convention in Rochester Saturday. Murphy rallied the faithful with an impassioned speech about unity and Democratic values…

Murphy won the endorsement after a contentious seven rounds of balloting and a push for “no endorsement” from her DFL opponents Congressman Tim Walz and State Auditor Rebecca Otto.