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Pawlenty To Hit Spending In NH

MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) will make his first visit to NH tomorrow in his increasingly high-profile tour of early pres. primary states.

Pawlenty will attend a fundraiser for NH state Senate GOPers in Concord, where he will focus on spending and massive federal deficits, according to an insider. Pawlenty has previously brought up his budget record, which wins praise from some in the fiscal conservative community.

The two-term GOV will also introduce himself to NH voters, spotlighting his upbringing in the St. Paul suburbs.

It will be Pawlenty's 2nd trip to an early primary state. Earlier this year, he headlined a fundraiser for IA GOPers at the state fairgrounds in Des Moines. Meanwhile, he has given a series of high-profile speeches in DC and CA to a series of conservative audiences.