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[[image:Pawlenty.jpg‎|right|thumb|Tim Pawlenty]]

[[image:Pawlenty.jpg‎|right|thumb|Tim Pawlenty]]

'''Tim Pawlenty''' is the current [[governor]] of [[Minnesota]], a [[Republican]], he was elected in 2002, taking the place of [[Jesse Ventura]].  Pawlenty has had high approval rating during his governorship<ref>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/2006/campaign/governor/pawlenty/</ref>. He balanced the state budget with out breaking his pledge not to raise taxes.  He also improved education in the state.  He was reelected in 2006, beating [[Democratic Party|DFL]] candidate [[Mike Hatch]] in a close election.<ref>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/11/07/mngov/</ref> There have been reports that Pawlenty might be in consideration for the vice-presidential spot with [[John McCain]], but Pawlenty has denied these.

'''Tim Pawlenty''' is the current [[governor]] of [[Minnesota]], a [[Republican]], he was elected in 2002, taking the place of [[Jesse Ventura]].  Pawlenty has had high approval rating during his governorship<ref>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/2006/campaign/governor/pawlenty/</ref>. He balanced the state budget without breaking his pledge not to raise taxes.  He also improved education in the state.  He was reelected in 2006, beating [[Democratic Party|DFL]] candidate [[Mike Hatch]] in a close election.<ref>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/11/07/mngov/</ref> Pawlenty was considered one of the main contenders for the Republican Vice Presidential spot [[John McCain]] in 2008.

==Early Life==

==Early Life==