Rukavina will run for governor

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State Rep. Tom Rukavina would have announced his run for governor on the stage at the AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic in Duluth Monday.

But organizers wouldn’t let gubernatorial candidates speak.

Undaunted, Rukavina moved his entourage of 30 people to the edge of the picnic at Bayfront Festival Park and made it official.

Calling himself the candidate with compassion for working people, the outspoken Rukavina from Virginia says he is running because the state is hurting and needs innovative ideas.

“I have a lot of moxie that will carry that compassion,” Rukavina said as he joined a crowded field of candidates. “I want to help the people of Minnesota.”

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