Editing Republican Party of Minnesota (section)

====2010 gubernatorial race====

For the [[2010 Minnesota elections|2010 statewide elections]], the party endorsed State Representative [[Tom Emmer]] and [[Metropolitan Council (Minnesota)|Metropolitan Council]] member [[Annette Meeks]] for governor and lieutenant governor. State Representative [[Dan Severson]] was the endorsed candidate for [[Minnesota Secretary of State|secretary of state]]. Attorney and psychologist [[Chris Barden]] was the endorsed candidate for [[Minnesota Attorney General|attorney general]]. [[Patricia Anderson]] was the endorsed candidate for [[Minnesota State Auditor|state auditor]]. All five executive candidates lost their respective elections.

Following the [[Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2010|2010 gubernatorial recount]], the Minnesota GOP was heavily in debt, owing $2 million primarily for the recount of votes.  The GOP had stopped paying rent for its headquarters near the Capitol and the landlord filed an eviction summons once the Party had fallen $111,000 behind in rent.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/148614415.html | title=Debt-laden Minn. GOP notified of eviction | work=[[Star Tribune]] | date=April 23, 2012 | access-date=June 23, 2014 | last=Helgeson | first=Baird | author2=Stassen-Berger, Rachel E.}}</ref> They announced they would move their headquarters to Minneapolis's [[Seward, Minneapolis|Seward neighborhood]] in January 2014. The new headquarters is situated diagonally across from the [[Seward Community Cafe]] where it shares a building with a [[Pizza Luce]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/235075261.html | title=State GOP moves HQ to Minneapolis DFL stronghold | work=[[Star Tribune]] | date=December 9, 2013 | access-date=June 23, 2014 | last=Helgeson | first=Baird | quote=The new location puts the party headquarters in the heart of a longtime DFL stronghold.}}</ref> Party Chairman Keith Downey said they were moving away from St. Paul "to be closer to the people."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_24687880/minnesota-gop-move-offices-from-st-paul-minneapolis | title=Minnesota GOP to move offices from St. Paul to Minneapolis | work=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press|Pioneer Press]] | date=December 9, 2013 | access-date=June 23, 2014 | last=Salisbury | first=Bill}}</ref> The headquarters were later moved to [[Edina, Minnesota|Edina]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=About {{!}} MNGOP|url=https://mngop.com/about/|access-date=2021-02-17|language=en-US}}</ref>
Despite this, in 2010, Republicans had taken control of both houses of the State Legislature for the first time in three decades, only to lose both houses in 2012.