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Jesse Ventura One-on-One (05/16/08)

The former governor sat down with just one local TV reporter this week and it was Almanac's Mary Lahammer. The interview was classic Ventura.

1980 to 1986 (12/28/07)

Walter Mondale gives his first interview after losing the 1980 election. A young Paul Wellstone causes a stir at a farm-foreclosure protest. Almanac cameras capture a 1985 gathering of Minnesota's seven living former governors. And Rudy Perpich, the first governor to participate in an Almanac debate, squares off against Cal Ludeman.

Harold LeVander (12/22/07)

Yes ... LeVander spelled backwards is red navel. Knowing that helped some Minnesotans to spell his name properly. Harold LeVander was our state's 32nd Governor. The sales tax originated under his watch — and over his veto — but he should also be remembered for creating the State Human Rights Department and the Met Council. Here's LeVander in an old piece of film talking about his heartfelt belief in the citizen-politician.

8 Governors (09/20/07)

EIGHT living former governors. That's what Minnesota had back in 1986. And in May of that year all eight were in one place at one time at the St. Paul Pioneer Press. We had a camera there and recorded the historic event. Yeah, only seven of the governors are featured talking in this clip. C. Elmer Anderson was always a bit shy.

Opening I-35W and I-35E (05/22/07)

Ah ... let's all yearn for a minute for those heady days of the '60s and '70s when Minnesotans built their way out of traffic problems. Here are some rare clips — courtesy again of KSTP-TV — showing the ribbon-cutting ceremonies for I-35W and I-35E. Note how spiffy our governors looked.

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