ST. PAUL, Minnesota – Today, Governor Tim Pawlenty endorsed six candidates and launched an online contest for grassroots supporters to choose their favorite candidate endorsed by the PAC so far. The winning candidate will benefit from a donation matching campaign by the PAC, a fundraising email, and will be invited to co-host a Facebook town hall with Governor Pawlenty.

In his second visit to Iowa in six months, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Republican party unity is essential to wrest power from Democrats who have dangerously expanded the role of federal government.

Pawlenty spoke to about 600 people at an Iowans for Tax Relief event in Urbandale on Saturday. Pawlenty is weighing a run for president in 2012, and last visited the state in November.

St. Paul, Minn. — Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he plans to sue over the federal health care law.

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson yesterday rejected Pawlenty's request to file a lawsuit. The DFL attorney general told the Republican governor he could file his own friend-of-the-court brief as governor to support the lawsuit filed by 13 state attorneys general.

Pawlenty said Tuesday he may join in that lawsuit, or bring one himself.

By Gov. Tim Pawlenty

Last week, I had the honor of speaking to a robust group of conservatives in New Hampshire — and I saw a level of energy within our movement that I haven’t seen in a long time. People are fired up. And not just in the Granite State. Everywhere I travel these days, Americans are standing up and declaring themselves ready to fight for the principles and values that made this the greatest country in history – principles and values that are under attack by the Democrats in Congress and the current administration.