I don't know anything about Vilsack, never heard of him. Is he a "moderate" candidate, or the typical "never saw a tax he didn't like" run of the mill democrat?
As his Lt. Governor he chose Sally Pederson. Pederson is married to James Autry who co-founded People for the American Way with Norman Lear. One of Vilsack's biggest individual contributors is Vance Opperman, a Minneapolis native who runs West Publishing. Opperman was an organizer for SDS at the University of Minnesota in his college days.