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ST. PAUL, Minn.

Siefert says specifics set him apart in race for governor

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Marty Seifert
Gubernatorial candidate Marty Seifert addresses delegates after he was nominated at the state Republican Convention Friday, April 30, 2010 in Minneapolis.
AP Photo/Jim Mone

Marty Seifert is making another run for governor. The former Minnesota House Minority Leader lost the Republican nomination in 2010 to then-state Rep. Tom Emmer,who went on to lose to DLFer Mark Dayton by less than 9,000 votes.

Seifert is a former high school teacher who served in the legislature for 14 years. Since 2010 he's worked in real estate and he runs a hospital foundation in his hometown of Marshall. He largely stayed out of the political spotlight until he surprisingly came in third in a recent Republican party straw poll. His name wasn't on the ballot, but 18 percent of poll voters wrote his name in.

MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Siefert about his candidacy.