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Bachmann 2010 Election Fundraising Effort Outpacing '08 by 32 Percent

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February 8, 2010
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February 8, 2010
Why Minnesota Democrats Should Be Thankful Tim Pawlenty Is Not Running for Reelection

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February 5, 2010
Minnesota GOP Caucus Gubernatorial Straw Poll Voter Turnout Up Over 20 Percent from 2002

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February 3, 2010
To the 'Losers' of the 2010 Minnesota Gubernatorial Straw Polls...

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February 3, 2010

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Public Humphrey Events

Feb 11:

Council on Foreign Relations Conference Call

11:00am – 12:00pm

Humphrey Center 175, 301 19th Ave. S., University of Minnesota West Bank campus
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Council on Foreign Relations Winter/Spring 2010 Academic Conference Call Series: Cuba on the World Stage Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies, CFR. More info…
Feb 11:

Regional planning and policy brown bag with Greg Schrock (MURP ’00)

12:45pm – 2:00pm

Room 184 Humphrey Center
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Regional planning and policy brown bag with Greg Schrock (MURP ’00) Taking Care of Business? Equity and Job Quality in Chicago’s Sectoral Workforce Centers Thursday, February 11 12:45 to 2 p.m. Room 184 Humphrey Center
Feb 18:

Brandl Lecture featuring Barbara Dafoe Whitehead

4:00pm – 5:30pm

Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Center
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The second annual Brandl Lecture will feature Dr. Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, who will discuss “The Lost Virtue of Thrift” from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, February 18, in Cowles Auditorium at the Humphrey Center. More info…
Feb 19:

Public Interest, Public Health, and Political Hubris: The Making of Tobacco Litigation and United States v. Philip Morris

10:00am – 11:00am

Shepherd Room, Weisman Art Museum
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The Humphrey Institute will be a co-sponsor for the School of Public Health’s Gaylord Anderson Lecture on Friday, February 19, at 10 a.m. at the Weisman Art Museum. The keynote speaker will be former Department of Justice lawyer Sharon Eubanks, who served as lead counsel in the U.S. More info…
Feb 23:

Sustainable Communities Interdisciplinary Lecture

3:00pm – 5:00pm

Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Center
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The Humphrey Institute is one of several University co-sponsors of a lecture by Joachim Eble from 3 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, February 23, in the Cowles Auditorium. Elbe is an expert in sustainable community design and development, and is the founder and director of Joachim Eble–Architektur in Tübingen, Germany. More info…
Apr 5:

National Public Health Week Film Festival

5:00pm – 9:00pm

Mayo Memorial Auditorium & Coffman Memorial Union Theater
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The Humphrey Institute will co-sponsor the sixth-annual National Public Health Week (NPHW) Film Festival from April 5–9, 2010, with the School of Public Health, College of Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Science, Campus Club, the Minnesota Public Health Association, and City Pages. More info…
Apr 21:

Public Leadership Awards Dinner

7:00pm – 9:00pm

McNamara Alumni Center
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Save the date for the 2010 Humphrey Public Leadership Awards, which will be held on Wednesday, April 21, at the University’s McNamara Alumni Center. The annual awards program honors individuals that have made demonstrated contributions to the common good through public leadership and service and benefits a scholarship initiative of the Humphrey Institute Advisory Council. More info…

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The Perennials

Minnesota Daily
November 1, 2009

Director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance Larry Jacobs thinks that many perennials run repeatedly because they believe they have a unique voice that, if they don't run, will not be represented.

"I think there are very passionate beliefs that underlie many perennials," Jacobs said.

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