Article: 2006 ELECTIONS; Hatch saves now to spend it later.(NEWS)

Byline: Dane Smith; Staff Writer

Three months from Election Day, only two paid staff members are in the cramped campaign office of DFL gubernatorial endorsee Mike Hatch. Dispensing with protocol, Hatch almost always drives his own car to campaign events instead of being chauffeured. He writes his own speeches. He personally returns reporters' calls to the campaign number. At some fundraisers, he serves cold garlic toast.

Hatch acknowledges that he has had to calm some DFLers worried that his bare-bones campaign - one of the most frugal in memory for a major statewide candidate - doesn't look like a traditional run for office.

He offers blunt ...

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