>> ERIC: HERE WITH MORE ON THE GOVERNOR'S STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS AND THE STATE OF THE LEGISLATURE AS THEY HEAD INTO THE FINAL WEEKS BEFORE ADJOURNMENT, MARY LAHAMMER HAS RUN UP HERE FROM THE AUDIENCE TO JOIN US ON THE COUCH.

WELL, WHILE THE GOVERNOR IS BEGINNING HIS LONG GOOD-BYE, THERE WAS ACTION TODAY IN THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE.

>> Mary: YEAH, AND NOTABLE BECAUSE OUR STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS TIED.

AND SO MUCH IS GETTING STUCK ON A TIE OTE.

NOT TODAY IN ETHICS COMMITTEE.

IT WAS ACTUALLY UNANIMOUS TO DECIDE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANETHICS COMPLAINT.

THIS WAS AGAINST THE TWO REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS, WHO WERE CAUGHT LEAVING COMMITTEE EARLY.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY MORE THE SOURCE OF THE COMPLAINT THAN WHAT THEY WERE DOING, THEN THEY WERE CAUGHT DRINKING AT A LOCAL ESTABLISHMENT.

AND THEN COMING BACK TO FLOOR SESSION AND THEN LATER IN THE NIGHT A DWI.

ONE OF THEM HAD AN ATTORNEY, ONE OF THEM REPRESENTED HIMSELF.

AND THEY TROTTED OUT THE NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF OTHER LAWMAKERS, DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS, WHO HAD ALSO HAD DWIs AND SAID, SO THEY WEREN'T PUNISHED, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUNISHED.

AND -- SO THAT WAS A BIPARTISAN DECISION THERE.

AND THEN THERE WAS A COMPLAINT AGAINST A DEMOCRAT, NO DECISION ON REPRESENTATIVE FALCONER, ACCUSED OF LOBBYING WHILE LAWMAKING.

>> Cathy: OKAY.

SO THAT WAS TODAY.

>> Mary: YEAH.

>> Cathy: HEY, ALSO SOME INTERESTING NEWS COMING OFF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THAT THE LINEUPS OF SOME CAMPAIGNS HAVE BEEN CHANGED.

>> Mary: YEAH, SHAKEN OUT.

BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CONVENTIONS.

THIS YEAR, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE HOLDING THEIR CONVENTIONS THE SAME WEEKEND.

AND THAT'S COMING UP IN JUST A FEW WEEKS, IGHT AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION CLOSES, A LITTLE LATER IN MAY.

AND WE'VE SEEN SOME REPUBLICANS NOW THIS WEEK GETTING OUT OF THE RACE.

FIRST DAVID HANN, REPUBLICAN GETTING OUT OF THE U.S.

SENATE RACE AND THEN TODAY, REPUBLICAN KRISTIN ROBBINS, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN HER, SHE'S RAISED HER PROFILE, SHE IS THE CHAIR OF THE RAUD COMMITTEE.

THE ONLY SOLO CHAIR.

EVERYBODY ELSE IS CO-CHAIR, DEMOCRAT/REPUBLICAN, SHARING A GAVEL BACK AND FORTH.

THIS WAS PART OF THE DEAL, WHERE THERE'S A REPUBLICAN SPEAKER AND A REPUBLICAN CHAIR.

SO WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF HER ON THE FRAUD ISSUE.

SHE WAS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR AGAINST THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, LISA DEMUTH, AND SHE SUSPENDED HER CAMPAIGN.

I SENT HER A LITTLE NOTE BEFORE WE CAME ON AIR TO ASK, WHAT'S NEXT?

STATE AUDITOR?

MAYBE A RUN FOR THE STATE SENATE, BECAUSE THE STATE SENATOR FROM MAPLE GROVE, WARREN LIMMER, IS RETIRING.

THAT IS A COMPETITIVE DISTRICT.

IT WILL BE TARGETED, A PURPLE DISTRICT.

DEMOCRATS WANT TO FLIP.

SHE SAID, NO, ON BOTH OF THOSE.

SO THERE'S YOUR BREAKING NEWS.

>> Cathy: SOMETHING.

>> Eric: WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT SHE MIGHT DO?

>> I THINK SHE AS RAISED HER PROFILE ON THAT FRAUD ISSUE.

SO I DON'T THINK SHE'S DONE WITH ELECTIVE OFFICE OR HIGH-PROFILE ROLE.

>> Cathy: YEAH.

>> Mary: MAYBE A RUNNING MATE, PERHAPS.

>> Cathy: I DON'T KNOW.

>> Eric: YEAH.

>> Cathy: DO YOU FORESEE OTHER CANDIDATE DROPPING BEFORE THE CONVENTION?

>> Mary: PROBABLY NOT.

ESPECIALLY ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, WHERE THERE ARE MORE CANDIDATES, OBVIOUSLY WHEN AMY KLOBUCHAR CAME IN WHEN TIM WALZ CAME OUT OF THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, THAT SOLIDIFIED THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.

REPUBLICANS, YOU KNOW, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE LISA DEMUTH WAS SEEN AS A FRONTRUNNER, SHE'S KIND OF BEEN LOCKED DOWN AT THE CAPITOL FOR A FEW MONTHS.

KENDALL EQUALS HAS BEEN DOING THE -- QUALLS HAS BEEN DOING THE OUTSIDER ROLE AND MAYBE WINNING SOME STRAW POLLS.

YOU CAN'T PREDICT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH MIKE LINDELL, WHO TALKS ABOUT HIS CLOSE TIES TO PRESIDENT TRUMP.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THAT CONVENTION.

>> Eric: HAT WOULD IT BE LIKE IF GOVERNOR WALZ HAD DECIDED TO SEEK A THIRD TERM?

>> EVERYTHING CHANGED WITH OPERATION METRO SURGE.

I THINK IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT EXACTLY WHERE.

I DO THINK, I'VE HEARD YOU AND OTHER PEOPLE SAY, BUT MAYBE HE'S MORE POPULAR OUTSIDE THE STATE OR OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY.

WE'VE NEVER HAD A GOVERNOR WIN A THIRD TERM.

YOU WATCHED THE LAST DEMOCRAT WHO TRIED TO DO THAT, RUDY PERPICH, IT DIDN'T GO WELL FOR HIM.

HE LOST O A REPUBLICAN PARTY WHOSE CANDIDATE HAD TO DROP OUT AFTER SWIMMING NAKED WITH TEENAGE GIRLS.

>> Cathy: SO BEFORE YOU -- >> Eric: THERE'S THAT.

>> Cathy: YEAH, THERE'S THAT.

SO BEFORE YOU GO, END OF SESSION, RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

DO WE EXPECT THIS TO BE A QUIET END?

>> Mary: PERHAPS.

BECAUSE OF THE ELECTION CYCLE, IT'S SO TIGHT, THAT TIED HOUSE, ALL 201 LAWMAKERS UP.

IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO SOLVE BIG, DIFFICULT ISSUES IN A BIPARTISAN BASIS.

I THINK SOME OF THE HUGE THING THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE ELECTION, MAYBE SOME SMALLER THINGS, INSPECTOR GENERAL, THAT'S LOOKING LIKE IT COULD GET SOLVED.

AND PROBABLY A BAILOUT FOR HCMC HOSPITAL.

THAT IS A HUGE BIPARTISAN ISSUE THAT DOES AFFECT THE