HATCH'S CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR LOSING SUPPORT

Click on the picture to see Tom Saxhaug listed on Hatch's endorsement list.

A large list of DFLers from northern Minnesota have endorsed Kelly Doran's campaign for governor. One of the legislators now supporting Doran is Senator Tom Saxhaug.

The story below from the Star Tribune didn't mention that Saxhaug's name appeared on a list of legislators supporting Mike Hatch for governor.

An email from Hatch's campaign on October 27 annnounced his endorsements to date and until recently, a link labeled "endorsements" was on the front page of Hatch's website.

It's a fact that more legislatiors have endorsed Hatch over Doran, but is Hatch's campaign losing support?

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DFLers in northeast Minnesota endorse Doran's bid for governor

Kelly Doran, a multimillionaire Twin Cities shopping center magnate who is running a self-financed campaign for the DFL nomination for governor, has picked up the endorsements of several DFL legislators and local officials in northeastern Minnesota.

Sens. Tom Bakk of Cook, Yvonne Prettner Solon of Duluth and Tom Saxhaug of Grand Rapids, as well as Rep. Tom Huntley of Duluth, Mountain Iron Mayor Gary Skalko and Buhl Mayor Craig Pulford, all endorsed Doran's first campaign for public office. The endorsements were announced Sunday.

Doran, 47, a Duluth native who now lives in Eden Prairie with his wife and four children, had spent nearly four months earlier this year campaigning for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democratic Sen. Mark Dayton, who is not seeking reelection.

Doran, who changed his plans in September, recently spent $500,000 on a television ad campaign that highlights his status as a political outsider and a family man. Source: Star Tribune, November 14, 2005