Interesting Politics in Minnesota interview with Rep. Paul Thissen who is running for governor of Minnesota.

Thissen is a Harvard-educated Minnesota state legislator who used to play pick up hoops with Barack Obama at the University of Chicago, where Thissen received his law degree.  Like Obama did, Thissen now is running for higher office: governor of Minnesota. 

Thissen is well-respected in the State Legislature and has not shied away from seeking innovation in health care and senior services.  He was the lead behind Communities for a Lifetime legislation that passed this year to help make Minnesota communities good places to grow up and grow old.  Now he’s making the Age Wave a key part of his gubernatorial platform.  Smart move.  Other gubernatorial candidates need to do the same thing.  The Age Wave is here, it’s expanding and it’s changing our state in never before-seen ways.  The opportunity: leadership to ensure it changes Minnesota for the better.  We look forward to featuring other candidates who embrace changing aging.