CGMC would like to thank gubernatorial candidates Mark Dayton and Tom Horner, and state auditor candidates Pat Anderson and Rebecca Otto for attending candidate forums held last week in Winona during CGMC’s annual summer conference. Both forums generated fruitful debate and discussion of issues on the minds of rural Minnesotans. Below is a sampling of news coverage for the forums.

• Winona Daily News: Dayton, Horner go head to head at debate 8/20/2010
• Star Tribune: With Emmer gone, Dayton and Horner solidify their differences, 8/19/2010
• Rochester Post Bulletin: Dayton, Horner square off in Winona debate, 8/19/2010
• WXOW Channel 19 La Crosse: Candidates for MN Governor talk localism in Winona, 8/19/2010
• The Uptake: Governor candidates debate in Winona (video and transcript)
• The Uptake: MN state auditor candidates debate in Winona (video and transcript)