Nightly News   |  May 20, 2011

Tim Pawlenty enters Presidential race

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty announced he will run as a Republican candidate for President in 2012. NBC's David Gregory reports.

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DAVID GREGORY, anchor (Washington, DC): To presidential politics now. The unsettled Republican field is starting to take shape. Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is to announce that he's making a run for the White House in an event Monday in Iowa . He will then head to early primary state New Hampshire . Pawlenty is seen as a low-key establishment Republican who could run as an alternative to former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney .