WHO'S IN, WHO'S OUT? #13

For those of you keeping score at home, please add Dean Johnson to the "WHO'S OUT" list.

WHO'S OUT?
Mark Dayton
Walter Mondale
Mike Hatch
Matt Entenza
Al Franken
Collin Peterson
Bill Luther
Buck Humphrey
Dean Johnson

WHO'S IN? (or who has not ruled it out)
Mark Rotenberg
Patty Wetterling
Tom Rukavina
Jerry Janezich
Betty McCollum
Amy Klobuchar
Mike Ciresi
Steve Kelley

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State Sen. Dean Johnson not likely to seek Dayton seat

A run for the U.S. Senate doesn't appear to be in the cards for state Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson.

Johnson says he's "99 percent sure" that he won't run in 2006 for Sen. Mark Dayton's seat. Dayton announced earlier in the month that he would not seek a second term.

Johnson, a DFL senator from Willmar, said in a radio interview with KWLM-AM that he's not even sure he'll run for reelection to the state Senate, but he's a bit interested in another job

He wouldn't say which one, but when asked specifically about running for governor he would only say that he needs time before making a decision.

Johnson is now the third most senior member of the Senate and a brigadier general in the Minnesota National Guard. Source: Associated Press, February 27, 2005