ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz named Jim Schowalter as his new commissioner of management and budget Wednesday to replace Myron Frans, who left his administration for a senior post at the...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz plans to release additional details about what he does each day, but won't publicize full details about his daily calendar.

NORTHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz travels to Northfield on Saturday for the first-ever Minnesota Governor's Turkey Hunt.

Walz will be joined by U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, Natural Resources...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An internationally acclaimed Minnesota artist has been chosen to paint the official portrait of Gov. Mark Dayton.

Minnesota Public Radio reports that Dayton will sit for Paul Oxborough, of Excelsior. Dayton chose Oxborough after consulting with his sons, who are familiar with his work.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican Jeff Johnson rode his upset primary win over former Gov. Tim Pawlenty into a fundraising surge in the election for Minnesota governor, according to campaign finance records released Wednesday that show him pulling even with Democratic Rep. Tim Walz in the cash race.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The three Democrats and two Republicans running for Minnesota governor jabbed one another about farming regulations Wednesday as the entire field met for the first and only time ahead of next week's primary that will determine who advances to the November election.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidates Tim Pawlenty and Jeff Johnson spent their first public debate Friday arguing over Pawlenty's two previous terms as Minnesota governor and who insulted President Donald Trump worse in the run-up to the 2016 election.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican political groups might be waiting to see which Democrat emerges in an Aug. 14 primary in the race for governor, but campaign finance reports released Tuesday make clear that Democratic organizations believe former Gov. Tim Pawlenty will be the GOP nominee.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican political groups are waiting to see which Democrat emerges from an Aug. 14 in the race for governor. Democratic organizations are already attacking GOP candidate and former Gov. Tim Pawlenty.

Campaign finance reports released Tuesday show Alliance for a Better Minnesota has spent $2 million on ads attacking the former two-term governor. The group is a liberal political outfit that spends millions of dollars every election cycle backing Democrats.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Democrats and Republicans have picked their favorites to run for governor this fall, but campaign finance reports released Friday show both endorsed candidates trailed their competitors heavily as they head toward an August primary.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on Lt. Gov. Michelle Fischbach joining former Gov. Tim Pawlenty's campaign (all times local):

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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he has no problems with his new lieutenant governor running for the job with another candidate from a different party.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau has endorsed a Republican running for governor, but it's not the man she was elected with twice.

Molnau endorsed Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson on Friday. She served from 2003 to 2011 as the second-in-command to former Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who is also running for his old job.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Republican Party Chairman Keith Downey is ending his campaign for governor.

Downey's announcement comes in the wake of former two-term Gov. Tim Pawlenty entering the race. Campaign figures released Tuesday showed Pawlenty had quickly raised $1 million, almost 10 times that of his nearest competitor.

Downey said in his announcement Wednesday that the opportunity for him to win "has closed."

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty raised a staggering $1 million before he formally declared he would run for his old job, dwarfing the campaign funds of fellow Republicans who have been in the race for months, according to campaign finance reports released Tuesday.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is criticizing his predecessor, Republican Tim Pawlenty, who has announced plans to seek his old office.

Dayton told the Star Tribune on Wednesday he doesn't know what Pawlenty is going to run on because, as Dayton put it, "his record as governor was so abysmal."

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Republican Governors Association placed a reservation on Monday for $2.3 million in advertising in the Minnesota governor's race, just days after GOP former Gov. Tim Pawlenty entered the race for his old job.

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he voted for Donald Trump weeks after saying the Republican candidate was "unfit" for the presidency.

Pawlenty formally launched a campaign for his old job this week after months of speculation. But his disavowal of Trump in the run-up to the 2016 election has become a point of criticism among Republicans.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's announcement that he's running for his old job again (all times local):

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Democrats and Republicans alike are sounding off about former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's decision to run for his old job.

Pawlenty officially entered the race Thursday after months of speculation. His name recognition and fundraising prowess makes him a top contender in a crowded Republican field to replace Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — As Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton nears the end of eight years in office to cap a four-decade political career, he's content to take a back seat in the race to replace him. At least for now.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced Monday he created a campaign committee to run for his old job, the most concrete step yet after months of speculation whether the Republican would return to politics following his short-lived 2012 presidential campaign.