Goodbye Jesse: A look back at his four years as governor

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December 16, 2002
Michael Khoo - Reporter, Jesse Ventura - Interviewee and Speaker, Unknown - Speaker, David Letterman - Speaker, Steve Sviggum - Speaker
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MPR’s Michael Khoo presents highlights of four years with Governor Jesse Ventura, and Minnesota's brief experiment with three-party government.

In 1998, Ventura took Minnesota and the nation by surprise, delivering an upset victory that few political observers had predicted….and very little that followed was predictable, either. The Ventura years were marked by some notable policy successes. But they're likely to be most remembered for the governor's frequent flamboyance, his occasional outbursts, and his constant celebrity.

This is one of a two-part series.

Click links below for other report in series:

https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2002/12/17/jesse-ventura-the-political-legacy-of-jesse

Awarded:

2002 NBNA Eric Sevareid Award, award of merit in Series - Large Market Radio category

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