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Independent Newspapers Limited
March 11, 2018
The way I look at it, if Jesse Ventura could become governor of Minnesota, I mean I basically beat Jesse at everything he's done anyway in his life, so I might as well run for the president.” Subsequent polls showed that he was more popular than Bill Clinton, then president, and Al Gore, his deputy.
Tower Timberjay News
March 10, 2018
Scores on this exam affect university admissions. Rukavina talked about the changes in Minnesota's tax system, which led to a drastic decrease in state funding for education under Gov. Jesse Ventura. “We used to value education,” he said. Johnson noted that the Finnish education picture is not all rosy.
OZY
March 10, 2018
Reagan, Arnie [Arnold Schwarzenegger], [Al] Franken, [Bill] Bradley, [Jesse] Ventura, [George] Murphy, all cashed in on their celebrity status. And given the political activism and intelligence of some, having them in office might be a welcome change. But the real problem is that not many major names willÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 10, 2018
Arne Carlson, Jesse Ventura and Tim Pawlenty were in office before Minnesotans knew the extent to which nitrate is contaminating groundwater, the drinking water source for 75 percent of Minnesotans. Nitrate causes a potentially fatal condition in infants and is a suspected source of other health disorders.
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
March 9, 2018
Pioneer Press reporter Frederick Melo recently explored the robust housing development in St. Paul, questioning if too much luxury housing would raise rents for the working poor (“How will luxury housing boom affect metro rents? Feb. 11). If policymakers are willing to embrace market forces, the affordableÃâà...
AL.com
March 9, 2018
If Roy Moore wanted to make a memorable return to the political area, he could turn to an unlikely source for inspiration: Jesse "The Body" Ventura. In 1998, as a third-party candidate, Ventura defeated two well-honed political establishment candidates to wrestle away the Minnesota governor's race in oneÃâà...
The Atlantic
March 8, 2018
Minnesota does have a record of electing independents and iconoclasts, like Jesse Ventura, the retired professional wrestler and political independent who became governor of Minnesota in 1999. Still, it's unlikely Painter would win as an independent, according to Richard Keiser, a political-scienceÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
December 31, 1999
Borger was the lead attorney representing the estate of the late Chris Kyle, which was sued for defamation by former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura. Ventura said Kyle fabricated an incident in Kyle's bestselling memoir, "American Sniper," concerning a fight Kyle claimed the two had in a California bar.
Channel3000.com
December 31, 1999
Jesse Ventura about a controversial passage in Ventura's new book, “I Ain't Got Time to Bleed.” It was evening and the governor was at a Minnesota Timberwolves game. Ventura was not favorably disposed toward reporters. “He called us jackals,” Freyberg says. “If you went to one of his press conferences,Ãâà...
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