Siefert says specifics set him apart in race for governor
Marty Seifert is making another run for governor. The former Minnesota House Minority Leader lost the Republican nomination in 2010 to then-state Rep. Tom Emmer,who went on to lose to DLFer Mark Dayton by less than 9,000 votes.
Seifert is a former high school teacher who served in the legislature for 14 years. Since 2010 he's worked in real estate and he runs a hospital foundation in his hometown of Marshall. He largely stayed out of the political spotlight until he surprisingly came in third in a recent Republican party straw poll. His name wasn't on the ballot, but 18 percent of poll voters wrote his name in.
MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Siefert about his candidacy.
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