Kurt Zellers on why he's running for governor

Kurt Zellers
Republican gubernatorial candidate Kurt Zellers photographed Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at MPR News studios in St. Paul.
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There are four Republicans on the ballot Tuesday, as voters in Minnesota decide who will get the nomination to run against DFL Gov. Mark Dayton in November.

Before the primary MPR News' Tom Crann will talk to the candidates to get a better sense of who they are and why they're running.

In the second interview of the series, Crann talks with Kurt Zellers of Maple Grove.

Zellers has served in the Minnesota house for more than a decade, and he was Speaker of the House from 2011 to 2013.

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