State Republicans to hold 2010 convention in Mpls.
Just as they did in the last governor's race, Minnesota Republicans will gather in Minneapolis next year to endorse a candidate for the state's top office.
State GOP chairman Tony Sutton said Monday that the late-April event will be at the Minneapolis Convention Center. It's more than a month before the traditional state convention season.
Republicans met there in 2006 when Gov. Tim Pawlenty was endorsed for his second and final term. At least nine Republicans are vying for the party nod.
Democrats will gather in Duluth for their three-day state convention beginning June 4.
State Republicans will meet this October in St. Paul and conduct a nonbinding straw poll in the governor's race.
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