DES MOINES – Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty officially opened his 2012 GOP presidential bid Monday by taking aim at Democratic rival Barack Obama and his policies, promising to tell Americans the truth about tough challenges they must face and offering change that will mean ...

If he joins the race for the White House, Mike Huckabee would be formidable, according to former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who brought his campaign for the 2012 GOP nomination to Eastern Iowa Friday. “Clearly he would be a strong contender in Iowa,” Pawlenty said during ...

WASHINGTON — On a seeming collision course toward the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, Tim Pawlenty and Mitt Romney spoke to cheering crowds here Friday at the second day of a gathering of the nation's conservatives, blasting President Barack Obama for failing ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann spent the past decade mostly staying out of each other's way, two Minnesotans taking very different paths on the rise to national Republican Party prominence from a state better known for ...

PELLA, Iowa (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is opening a lecture series sponsored by social and religious conservatives who are testing Republican presidential contenders on their views on key issues. Pawlenty is meeting Monday with members of The Family Leader ...

WASHINGTON — The Iowa caucuses are 364 days away. (But who's counting?) And yet there is only one candidate - pizza magnate Herman Cain - who has gone so far as to even form an exploratory committee to begin raising money for ...

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will participate in a three-city Iowa lecture tour organized by a controversial conservative organization on Feb. 7.

Former two-term Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty was said to be on a short list of John McCain’s vice-presidential picks in 2008.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a possible contender for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, will visit Iowa on a book tour in January. Pawlenty, who is leaving office after two terms, is scheduled to visit Ankeny, Waukee and West Des Moines to promote his book, ...

Just as we’ve segued from the din of midterm elections to the carols of Christmas, it won’t be long before the seasons change again with the arrival of caucus 2012. A sleighful of GOP presidential hopefuls already has visited Iowa this fall: Ron ...