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Tim Pawlenty is the former governor of Minnesota, having served two terms in office from 2003-2011.

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Tim Pawlenty
stated on August 11, 2011 in an interview with the 'Miami Herald.':

"The weight of the evidence (on global warming) is that most of it, maybe all of it, is because of natural causes ... it’s fair to say the science is in dispute."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 14, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
stated on August 11, 2011 in a debate in Ames, Iowa:

"Obamacare was patterned after (Mitt Romney's) plan in Massachusetts."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
stated on July 24, 2011 in a statement from the campaign:

Michele Bachmann's legislative record is "offering failed amendments."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 28, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
stated on July 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says scientists are "in dispute" over whether being gay is a choice.

By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
stated on July 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"There's no scientific conclusion that (being gay) is genetic."

By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2011

Michele Bachmann
stated on July 24, 2011 in a prepared statement:

Says Tim Pawlenty said in 2006, "The era of small government is over... the government has to be more proactive and more aggressive."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2011
Mark Dayton
stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign ad:

"Tim Pawlenty has cut education funding in Minnesota. Classrooms are overcrowded. Districts have gone to four-day school weeks."

By Erin Mershon • July 29, 2010

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