Politics Friday: Gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Otto and GOP and DFL analysts
First up: The race to be Minnesota's next governor is in full swing. Delegates to the state's political conventions will meet next weekend—the first weekend in June—to endorse a candidate. Republicans will be in Duluth, DFLers in Rochester.
In advance of those conventions, we're talking with the leading candidates for governor. Today: DFL state auditor, Rebecca Otto.
Then: DFL Gov. Mark Dayton this week vetoed the tax and budget bills that included the main work of the Republican-led Legislature and vowed he would not call a special session to work things out. Republican leaders tore into Dayton over the vetoes. House Speaker Kurt Daudt called him "a failure" in response to Dayton's vetoes.
A DFL and GOP analyst joined Mike to look back at the legislative session—what got done, what didn't, and what it all means. Marty Siefert is a former Republican house minority leader, and DFLer Katharine Tinucci was Gov. Dayton's campaign manager in 2015.
Finally: Briana Bierschbach joined Mike to talk about Michelle Fischbach stepping down as senator and taking up her position as Lt. Governor.
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