MN 2022 Gov Race Megathread

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lol, what a joke

Walz will win by even more than in 2018.

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A politician vs a pillow salesman/Trump ally.

This'll be interesting. If Lindell does good with the suburbs and Iron Range workers he could pull this off, not saying he's guaranteed since right now I'd rate it as lean D until it starts getting closer.

Given what happened with MN suburbs this year, that ain't happening.

That kind of mean reversion is quite possible in midterms. Northern rural Democrats got a bump in 2018.

The question is whether that was a temporary reversal in trends or a response to Trump not being on the ballot.

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Actually now that I think about it, Mike Lindell could very likely win assuming 2022 is a red wave year.

Remember this is the same state that elected a professional wrestler as their governor from 1999-2003 (Jesse Ventura) and a Saturday Night Live comedian as one of their senators from 2009-2018 (Al Franken), so Mike Lindell as governor wouldn't really be anything new for Minnesota. They seem to like oddball candidates.

Though on the other hand, Ventura was an independent while Franken was a democrat, so that could spell trouble for Lindell? Especially if he faces tons of attacks for his connection to Trump (who already endorsed Lindell's potential bid for governor).

He is ridiculously easy to tie to Trump, which is why he will lose. MSP would not vote for him.