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Bakk officially enters the fray

By Paul Demko | 06.08.09 | 10:22 am

bakkDemocrat Tom Bakk is running for governor. The state senator from Virginia made it official yesterday. Bakk originally set up an exploratory committee and began raising money roughly a year

Pawlenty will not seek third term, but stays coy about national political plans

By Paul Demko | 06.02.09 | 4:45 pm

Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s decision not to seek a third term is widely viewed as an indication that he plans to seriously test the waters for a presidential bid in 2012. But at a press conference this afternoon he insisted that he has no future political plans.