I am pleasantly surprised by the latest entrant into the Minnesota gubernatorial race.
Today, I’m officially launching my campaign for Governor of Minnesota. Families are working harder than ever while Tim Walz makes life more difficult.
— Kristin Robbins (@KRobbinsMN) August 20, 2025
I’m running to fight fraud, cut taxes, support our police, strengthen schools, and bring back common sense leadership. pic.twitter.com/OQfbRkQlcI
To use basketball terminology, that's goin' hard in the paint. Dang, that was awesome!
With Gov. Walz continuing to waver as to whether he'll even run for reelection, Republicans have a great opportunity to put forth a quality candidate to oppose either a vulnerable incumbent or different (and likely further left) Democrat candidate altogether. I'm perfectly fine with multiple quality GOP options which, at this point, is up to two with Robbins and Kendall Qualls. I deliberately left off Dr. Scott Jensen because I am adamant about not re-nominating a losing candidate from a cycle which was more favorable for Republicans. For purposes of full disclosure, I believe Phillip Parrish and Brad Kohler are non-entities.
I recall Robbins' initial campaign for her current House seat, where she's now in the midst of her fourth term. Brad Ganzer was the endorsed GOP candidate for that seat in 2018 but it was later learned that he hid a criminal background from delegates. In an effort to keep this seat in Republican hands in what would be a difficult cycle the party, Robbins stepped up that August to defeat Ganzer in a primary and then win the general less than three months later. Granted the GOP still lost control of the MN House, but for Robbins to cobble together a legit campaign in such short order showed incredible leadership.
I'm hopeful that whomever emerges between Qualls and Robbins will have the full throated support of the campaign which falls short. However, since I'm a political righty in Minnesota, being hopeful is far different than being optimistic.
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