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• Pat Anderson
• Kim Ellison
• Tim Pawlenty
• Politics
• Elections and Voting

For the majority of Minnesotans who didn't vote for Pawlenty (he ended up with 46.7 percent), there is one bit of solace to be taken from his latest triumph: The fact that he survived the great Democratic tsunami of 2006—in a now blue state, no less—once again puts him on the short list of potential GOP vice-presidential candidates for 2008. In the end, that may be the only way anyone pries him out of the governor's mansion. (Mosedale)