Campaign 2006

A preview of the debate

Tuesday's primaries winnowed down the major party candidates running for governor to three: DFLer Mike Hatch, Republican incumbent Tim Pawlenty and Peter Hutchinson of the Independence Party. They participate in the first debate of the general election season Thursday in Bloomington.

Guests

• Steven Smith: Political science professor.

More from MPR

• Campaign 2006
• Polinaut's blog from the debate
• Preliminaries over, gubernatorial survivors begin campaign
  September 13, 2006

Resources

• The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce organized the debate