An effort to draft Tom Emmer to run again against Gov. Mark Dayton has been registered with regulators, the AP reports.
No response yet about the possible rematch from Emmer, who lost the 2010 election to Dayton by about 9,000 votes in a three-way race.
The draft was started by former Republican state Rep. Doug Wardlow of Eagan.
Emmer now works as a conservative radio talk show host.
Dayton's popularity has been high recently. A fall poll in the Star Tribune showed 53 percent of likely voters approve of his job performance while 31 percent disapproved.