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Slain Author Was Sued By Ex-Minnesota Governor Ventura

By The Associated Press February 3, 2013

The author and former Navy SEAL who was one of two men slain at a Texas gun range was the defendant in a defamation lawsuit by former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura.

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Category: AP Stories, State/Regional News Tags: Jesse Ventura

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Ventura Speaks Out Against Gay Marriage Amendment

By The Associated Press September 14, 2012

Former Gov. Jesse Ventura is speaking out against a gay marriage ban on the Minnesota ballot. The former Independence Party governor and longtime gay rights supporter appears in a video posted online Friday by Minnesotans United for All Families, the main group working to defeat the proposed constitutional amendment.

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Category: AP Stories, State/Regional News Tags: Jesse Ventura, marriage amendment

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Ex-Governor Ventura Would Consider Running For Vice President [VIDEO]

By Jim Maurice April 4, 2011

Former pro-wrestler and Minnesota governor, Jesse Ventura, says he would consider getting back into politics if Texas Congressman Ron Paul would run for president as an Independent.

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Category: State/Regional News Tags: Good Morning America, Jesse Ventura, Michele Bachmann, ron paul

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Dayton Won’t Have Radio Show; All Bids Rejected

By Jim Maurice March 8, 2011

Gov. Mark Dayton won't have a weekly radio show after rejecting all proposals to air the show. The Democratic governor released the rejected bids Tuesday, showing that WCCO-AM, the flagship carrier for shows by former Govs. Tim Pawlenty and Jesse Ventura, offered Dayton a 7 a.m. Saturday slot instead of 9 a.m. Fridays.

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Category: State/Regional News Tags: Jesse Ventura, Mark Dayton, Ted Mondale, Tim Pawlenty

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Ventura Sues DHS, TSA, Over Body Scans, Pat-Downs

By Jim Maurice January 25, 2011

Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is suing the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration, saying full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints are violating his rights.

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Category: State/Regional News Tags: Jesse Ventura

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Fridays With Dayton? Minnesota Governor Radio Show Up In The Air

By Jim Maurice January 7, 2011

It's Friday, which for many of the last 12 years has meant an hour of statewide radio hosted by Minnesota's governor. New Gov. Mark Dayton hasn't worked out an arrangement yet to carry on the radio show tradition started by Jesse Ventura in 1999.

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Category: State/Regional News Tags: Governor, Jesse Ventura, Mark Dayton, Tim Pawlenty