Capitol View

Kelliher to pick Gunyou as running mate

Posted at 9:41 AM on May 21, 2010 by Tom Scheck
Filed under: Campaign 2010, Campaign 2010: Minnesota Governor

Democrat Margaret Anderson Kelliher will announce that John Gunyou will be her running mate, according to a person close to Kelliher.

Gunyou is currently the Minnetonka City Manager and served as Finance Commissioner under Republican Governor Arne Carlson in 1990s. He has been highly critical of the way Governor Pawlenty has handled recent budgets and said a tax increase should be considered to erase the deficit.

The DFL State Central Committee will meet on Sunday to endorse Kelliher's pick.

Kelliher is running in the DFL primary against Mark Dayton and Matt Entenza. Those candidates, along with Independence Party candidate Tom Horner, will announce their running mates next week.

Republican Tom Emmer has picked Annette Meeks as his running mate.

May 2010
S M T W T F S
            1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31          


Master Archive

About Poligraph

The feature examines statements made by Minnesota politicians and checks them for accuracy. Based on data analysis, document reviews and interviews with non-partisan analysts, statements are rated either true, false or inconclusive. PoliGraph is a collaboration between Minnesota Public Radio News and the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. More

MPR News
Radio

Listen Now

Other Radio Streams from MPR

Classical MPR
Radio Heartland

Services