The compromise bill was then approved by both the full house and senate on May 20, and was signed by Governor Tim Pawlenty on May 24.

Yecke then became the Commissioner of Education for the State of Minnesota for Governor Tim Pawlenty ( 2003 – 2004 ).

While Pawlenty said he was " confident " in his right to use unallotment, the Minnesota Supreme Court ultimately decided against him, voting 4 to 3 in a decision in May 2010.

Judge Kathleen Gearin decided Pawlenty exceeded his constitutional authority in making unilateral spending cuts to a $ 5. 3-million special dietary program that he had unalloted.

Ventura was succeeded in his office on January 6, 2003 by Republican Tim Pawlenty.

On May 24, 2006, Governor Pawlenty signed the Gopher bill on the University campus.

Pawlenty grew up in South St. Paul, where he played ice hockey on his high school's junior varsity squad.

Pawlenty was elected in 2002 on a platform of balancing the state's budget without raising taxes.

" Pawlenty announced the following day that he would appeal ; he filed his defense in February, and arguments were heard on March 15.

The first Democrat to serve as Governor in 20 years, Dayton succeeded Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty. On January 5, 2011, Governor Dayton signed two Executive Orders allowing the Minnesota Departments of Commerce and Health to apply for federal health-care grants, and provide $ 1. 2 billion in federal funds toward an Early Option for a statewide Medicaid Opt-In program ; these Executive Orders reversed the previous administration's ban on federal funding for the state's health-care system.

The bill was signed on April 11, 2005, by Governor Tim Pawlenty at the site of the Riverdale station in Coon Rapids, Minnesota.

Pawlenty campaigned on a record of leading the state through hard times, balancing record budget deficits without raising major state tax rates, and without diminishing the state's " nation-leading " status on most socio-economic indicators.

Pawlenty denied those rumors on August 1, 2005 and Molnau remained on the ticket, winning reelection on November 7, 2006.

He served just over a month, leaving office with Pawlenty on January 3, 2011.

In 2007, Governor Tim Pawlenty announced the state was negotiating the purchase from U. S. Steel of a large area of land on the eastern shore of the lake for a proposed new Minnesota state park.

Incumbent Tim Pawlenty was endorsed by the state Republican convention on June 2, 2006, while the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor convention endorsed Mike Hatch on June 10, 2006.

The statewide party primaries took place on September 12, 2006, with Hatch defeating DFL challengers Becky Lourey and Ole Savior and incumbent Pawlenty defeating Sue Jeffers.

On December 11, 2007, U. S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Thomas Barrett met with Governor Pawlenty in Anoka County and officially signed a Full Funding Grant Agreement of $ 156. 8 million, nearly half of the funding for the $ 317 million, line from Minneapolis to Big Lake.

In a letter to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota also protested Olson's being allowed to return to Minnesota.

* 2002 ( turnout 80 %): Pawlenty ( Rep .) 44 %; Moe ( Dem.

* 2006 ( turnout %): Pawlenty ( Rep .) 50 %; Hatch ( Dem.

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and the state's First Lady took a personal interest in the Rock County group by being present at the send-off and previously hosting a group of Rock County WWII veterans at the Governor's Mansion.

The damage was significant enough to warrant a visit from Governor Tim Pawlenty and Congressman Collin Peterson.

* January 6: Dave Freudenthal takes office as Governor of Wyoming, Janet Napolitano as Governor of Arizona, Jim Doyle as Governor of Wisconsin and Tim Pawlenty as Governor of Minnesota.

Image: Tim Pawlenty official photo. jpg | Tim Pawlenty, the 39th Governor of Minnesota

Pawlenty was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and raised in nearby South St. Paul.

After settling in the city of Eagan with his wife, Pawlenty was appointed to the city's Planning Commission and was elected to the Eagan City Council at the age of 28.

After winning a narrow Republican primary in 2002, Pawlenty won a three-way election for Governor of Minnesota, and was re-elected in 2006 by a margin of less than one percent.

Pawlenty was rumored to be a contender for both the Republican president and vice president nominations during the 2008 election, and he officially sought the 2012 Republican presidential nomination from May to August 2011.

Pawlenty was not selected as Mitt Romney's vice presidential candidate, but served as co-chair of Romney's campaign.

Intending to become a dentist, Pawlenty enrolled in the University of Minnesota, the only one in his family to go beyond high school.

Pawlenty first worked as a labor law attorney at the firm Rider Bennett ( later Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel ), where he had interned while a law student.

Having moved to Eagan, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis – Saint Paul, Pawlenty was appointed to the city's Planning Commission by Mayor Vic Ellison.

Pawlenty entered state politics in 1990 as a campaign advisor for Jon Grunseth's losing bid for Minnesota governor.

After Pawlenty himself became governor, he appointed Grunseth's ex-wife, Vicky Tigwell, to the board of the Minneapolis − Saint Paul International Airport, an action which became an ethics and accountability issue in 2003.

Pawlenty was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1992, winning 49. 1 percent of the vote in District 38B ( suburban Dakota County ).

In 2002, Pawlenty wanted to run for governor, but party leaders made it clear they favored businessman Brian Sullivan.

Pawlenty won, defeating Hatch by a margin of less than one percent, though both the state House and Senate gained DFL majority.

Pawlenty refused state subsidies opting instead to not accept mandatory spending limits that were associated with those subsidies.

However, former Governor Tim Pawlenty did not initially support the idea, and said he would not support it when he campaigned for the governorship.

In Summer 2005, rumors began circulating that Governor Tim Pawlenty would drop Molnau from his ticket when he sought re-election in 2006, mainly because of their differences over state funding for the planned Northstar Commuter Rail linking St.

Pawlenty has been criticized by some Minnesotans for budget cuts to programs such as MinnesotaCare to balance the budget ( and controversial moves such as deferring required payments to the state's education and health care funds to later budget biennia to make the budget appear balanced when it was actually not ).