Claim: "For decades before I was elected, governors tried and failed to get Minnesota out of the top 10 highest-taxed states in the country. I actually did it."
Fact-check: Tim Pawlenty says that as governor, he kept Minnesota off list of 10 highest-taxed states
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2011-05-25T00:00:00