GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (FOX 9) – Republican governor candidate Scott Jensen introduced Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds to the Twin Cities on Monday, making his closing argument that Minnesota has an opportunity to enact conservative insurance policies if voters right here elect a GOP governor for the primary time since 2006.

Reynolds, who faces a protected re-election again house, touted her document of tax cuts, assist for publicly sponsored personal faculty vouchers, and avoidance of COVID-19 mandates, and stated Jensen’s views have been “very, very comparable.” She blasted Democratic Gov. Tim Walz over his dealing with of the pandemic.

“From what I do know of (Jensen), he’s going to hit the bottom operating and get it finished,” Reynolds advised 150-200 individuals in a crowded American Legion put up in Golden Valley over a sound system that was no match for a political rally. “It definitely is, thank goodness, a stark distinction to your lockdown governor that you just presently have. Time to maneuver him out, proper?”

Jensen and Reynolds additionally did a fundraiser for the Republican Governors Affiliation, which has made a late push within the race. Democratic Gov. Tim Walz leads however the race has tightened for the reason that summer season, and each candidates are planning intensive excursions throughout the state earlier than the Nov. 8 election.

Reynolds and GOP state lawmakers in Iowa have enacted a 3.9% flat revenue tax. One among Jensen’s prime financial objectives is to discover eliminating Minnesota’s private revenue tax, although he has not stated how he’d make up for the misplaced tax income. Minnesota obtained greater than $14 million in income from the non-public revenue tax in the newest yr.

Jensen agreed with a reporter’s statement that he is campaigning to align Minnesota’s insurance policies with these in Iowa.

“I believe it is precisely the closing argument,” he stated. “From Gov. Kim Reynolds, we’re seeing somebody who tailor-made a plan to her state.”

As for the present governor, Walz spent a part of Monday night passing out Halloween sweet to trick-or-treaters exterior the governor’s mansion in St. Paul. One younger boy dressed up in buffalo plaid — the identical colours that Walz sported.

The primary-term Democrat did not take questions on Reynolds go to or his marketing campaign. Surrogates, not Walz himself, held an occasion at a Golden Valley park Monday afternoon.

“We will’t let Scott Jensen flip Minnesota into Reynolds’ Iowa,” stated state Sen. Ann Relaxation, DFL-Golden Valley.

Democrats who assist Walz stated Jensen was making “copycat” proposals to conservatives elsewhere, together with Reynolds.

“Now we have not seen a Republican trifecta hit Minnesota. Folks assume they’ve seen pure disasters earlier than – wait till Republicans get answerable for this state. We can’t enable that to occur,” stated Home Majority Chief Ryan Winkler, DFL-Golden Valley.

Jensen flew across the state to a number of stops this weekend and has extra flying time scheduled for Tuesday to go to Winona, Worthington, Grand Rapids, and Brainerd. Walz is scheduled to go to Moorhead and Fergus Falls on Tuesday.

The 2 candidates and their operating mates, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Republican Matt Birk, have occasions deliberate day-after-day by way of Nov. 8. Jensen and Walz are scheduled to spend vital time in Higher Minnesota and the Twin Cities metro to rally supporters throughout get-out-the-vote efforts.