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Parents > United States > Minnesota > Governor
OfficeGovernor
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2002 - 12:00am
Polls Open November 05, 2002 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 05, 2002 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 06, 2003 - 12:00pm
Term End January 02, 2007 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifiedM@ March 22, 2017 12:52pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyReform Won11/03/1998
NameJesse Ventura Votes773,403 (37.00%)
Term01/04/1999 - 01/06/2003 Margin56,523 (+2.70%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Feb 01, 2000 MN Governor - Party Switch Jesse Ventura
Mar 05, 2002 Minnesota Governor - G Caucus (Straw Poll) Ken Pentel
Mar 11, 2002 MN Governor - G Caucus Ken Pentel
Mar 11, 2002 MN Governor - R Caucus Brian Sullivan
Apr 07, 2002 MN Governor - DFL Endorsement Roger D. Moe
Jun 15, 2002 MN Governor - R Convention Tim Pawlenty
Sep 10, 2002 MN Governor - G Primary Ken Pentel
Sep 10, 2002 MN Governor - MNI Primary Timothy J. "Tim" Penny
Sep 10, 2002 MN Governor - R Primary Tim Pawlenty
Sep 10, 2002 MN Governor - DFL Primary Roger D. Moe
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Timothy J. "Tim" Penny
Slight 6
Tim Pawlenty
Lean 2
Slight 14
Roger D. Moe
Slight 5
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

06/19/2002 11/03/2002

CANDIDATES
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Name Majority Leader Tim Pawlenty St. Sen. Roger D. Moe Rep. Timothy J. "Tim" Penny Ken Pentel Booker T. Hodges IV Kari J. Sachs Lawrence Michael Aeshliman
PartyRepublican Democratic-Farmer-Labor MN Independence Green Independent Socialist Workers Constitution
Votes999,473 (44.37%) 821,268 (36.46%) 364,534 (16.18%) 50,589 (2.25%) 9,698 (0.43%) 3,026 (0.13%) 2,537 (0.11%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -178,205 (-7.91%) -634,939 (-28.19%) -948,884 (-42.13%) -989,775 (-43.94%) -996,447 (-44.24%) -996,936 (-44.26%)
Predict Avg.34.74% 33.15% 28.93% 3.20% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$2,525,770.00 $2,008,937.00 $1,056,107.00 $353,737.00 $8,659.00 $406.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Star Tribune 
10/31-11/03
35.00% (+2.0) 32.00% (+3.0) 16.00% (-3.0) 3.00% (-2.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Zogby International 
10/31-11/02
35.00% (+5.0) 34.00% (+9.0) 16.00% (-11.0) 3.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
KSTP 
10/18-11/01
30.00% (+0.0) 27.00% (+0.0) 26.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Star Tribune 
10/28-10/28
33.00% (+4.0) 29.00% (+0.0) 19.00% (-8.0) 5.00% (+2.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Star Tribune 
10/11-10/16
29.00% (+0.0) 29.00% (+0.0) 27.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
10/11-10/12
23.00% (+0.0) 30.00% (+0.0) 34.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
R TurnerforCongress
R PragCon 3.0
D EastTexasDem
D Ashley
R Minnesota Populist
S Tax Suchart
LBT The Minarchist
AENM Angry Russian
IS Sesel
G BR_Green
I Justin C. Adams
MFL The Oncoming Storm
Veg Thomas Walker
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name (W) Others (W) Richard A. Klatte (W) Bill Dahn (W) Lealand Vettleson
PartyIndependent Independent Independent Independent
Votes1,340 (0.06%) 4 (0.00%) 2 (0.00%) 2 (0.00%)
Margin-998,133 (-44.31%) -999,469 (-44.37%) -999,471 (-44.37%) -999,471 (-44.37%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Star Tribune 
10/31-11/03
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Zogby International 
10/31-11/02
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
KSTP 
10/18-11/01
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Star Tribune 
10/28-10/28
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Star Tribune 
10/11-10/16
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
10/11-10/12
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Apr 08, 2004 12:00am News GOP donation dispute settled [MN 2002 Gov Election]  Article Servo 
Sep 20, 2003 12:00am News Roger Moe becomes lobbyist for Xcel Energy offshoot  Article Eric 
Oct 11, 2002 03:43pm General Pawlenty camp takes a big hit on ads  Article Moof 
Sep 09, 2002 08:38pm General Penny Pitched Gubernatorial Bid at Minn. Fair  Article RP 
Sep 06, 2002 02:24pm General Minn. Gov. Candidate Penny Under Fire  Article RP 
Aug 28, 2002 11:53am General Penny Pinched  Article RP 

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