Anthony dermatologist Neil Shah and Mike Marti, owner of Marti Electric in Kasson, west of Rochester. Other Republicans who have announced their bids to unseat Walz include Lexington Mayor Mike Murphy St. I hear from law enforcement who feel the Governor doesn’t have their back and from countless parents who worry about their children’s education under his leadership.” I hear from families who no longer feel safe in their communities and don’t believe the Governor is doing anything to help. It read, in part: “In my travels across the state, I continuously hear from Minnesotans that feel unheard and ignored by their Governor. However, she declined to mention the pandemic in her three-paragraph statement issued Tuesday.

Michelle Benson, R-Ham Lake, who is in her fourth term and chairs the chamber’s Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee, has been critical of parts of Walz’s handling of the pandemic. And, except for Republican legislators’ principled opposition (which I led for the past three years), Walz’s tax increases, irresponsible spending, and wild policy proposals would have ruined our state.”Ĭandidate state Sen. With COVID, he failed early on to protect the elderly while seriously damaging our economy and society with his overreach. On Tuesday, Gazelka responded to Walz’s announcement with a statement that read, in part: “He has consistently shown weakness and hesitation in the face of lawlessness and rising crime. Gazelka championed the cause of trying to strip Walz of his emergency powers after the first few months of the pandemic. Paul Gazelka, R-East Gull Lake, served as Senate majority leader - and thus, the most powerful Republican in the state - until announcing his run for governor last month. On Tuesday, Jensen released a statement on Walz that read, in part: “Rarely have we seen a more stark failure in leadership: he locked down small businesses and locked our elderly in with the sick during the pandemic (the Cuomo playbook) he was asleep at the wheel during the riots of 2020 while labeling our national guard as ’19-year old cooks’ even now - as Tim Walz’s party activists push for a dismantling of the Minneapolis police department - he is failing to be the independent voice Minnesota needs during one of our most violent years.” For months, Jensen amassed support via his social media messages that flirted with the fringes of coronavirus science, but recently, he’s added public safety more prominently into his positions. Scott Jensen, a family physician from Chaska, who has largely defined himself throughout the pandemic as a skeptic of mainstream coronavirus science, including attempting to cast doubt on the dangers of COVID-19 and value of vaccines for healthy people. Paul.Īmong Republicans running is former state Sen. Republicans are seeking to paint Walz and Democrats as weak observers, even enablers, of widespread violence following protests over the spring and summer of 2020, as well as a national crime wave gripping Minneapolis and St. While criticism of the coronavirus response remains a central part of Republicans’ messages, another key theme for the GOP is public safety. The Republican field is already well populated, with several figures well-known within political circles and several first-time candidates. Tuesday’s announcement, which has been widely expected for months, will likely keep the field clear of serious DFL opponents for the party’s endorsement and primary.

House before running for governor in 2018, is the only serious candidate from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party at the moment.

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