 With one week left before Minnesota's primary election, candidates are out and forth, stumping for every vote. Jeff Johnson, who is the Republican endorsed candidate for governor, has been traveling all across greater Minnesota and made an overnight stop in Bemidji. Johnson is up against former Minnesota governor, Tim Pawlenty, who is also vying for the state's highest seat. With an optimistic outlook, Johnson feels he can provide lasting change compared to his Republican predecessor. As I talked to especially conservative Republicans, they were disappointed in Tim as governor as I was. He did some good things, but he didn't bring any lasting conservative change. I think what we saw were, he made government a little more efficient, which is great except as soon as the Democrats got in, they changed it back again. And I think conservatives are looking for somebody who doesn't just campaign as a conservative, but is actually going to go in and disrupt what is happening and clean house in our state agencies because that's the only way we're going to see lasting conservative change. Johnson also made campaign stops in Bagley and Little Falls. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.