USA: Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty says he will end his campaign to seek the Republican nomination for president of the United States

Record ID: 347706

  • Title: USA: Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty says he will end his campaign to seek the Republican nomination for president of the United States
  • Date: 15th August 2011
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JANUARY 13, 2010) (REUTERS) FORMER MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM PAWLENTY CLOSE UP OF PAWLENTY'S BOOK VARIOUS OF FORMER MINNESOTA GOVERNOR SIGNING BOOKS VARIOUS OF FORMER MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM PAWLENTY SPEAKING AT EVENT
  • Embargoed: 30th August 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Usa, Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA4IEVSDE5I8ALLNYSZJ995OR56
  • Story Text: Republican Tim Pawlenty, a former Minnesota governor, says he will drop out of the 2012 U.S. presidential race, U.S. media reported on Sunday (August 14).
    His decision came a day after he finished a distant third in the Iowa straw poll, an early test of strength for the candidates seeking the Republican presidential nomination to face President Barack Obama in the November 2012 general election.
    Some experts had expected Pawlenty to be a formidable candidate in the Republican field but his campaign failed to gain traction in the early stages of the race.
    Pawlenty was on John McCain's short list to be the Republican vice presidential candidate in 2008. He was a popular two-term governor in a Midwestern state.
    Pawlenty made a big effort to demonstrate the strength of his candidacy in the Iowa straw poll but came up short. In the poll, Michele Bachmann, a congresswoman from Minnesota, won with 29 percent of the vote. Ron Paul, a U.S. congressman from Texas, was a close second with 28 percent and Pawlenty had 14 percent.
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