Gov. Mark Dayton delivers his second State of the State speech at 7 p.m. Wednesday, televised statewide on public television’s Minnesota Channel.

It will be the first night State of the State since then-Gov. Jesse Ventura sat without an live audience in front of a television camera at the governor’s residence.

Dayton refused to give a preview of the speech, saying it remains a work in progress.

But Senate Majority Leader Dave Senjem, R-Rochester, was ready with his own version.

“Let’s not forget that the state of the state is good,” Senjem said, because of Republican work in last year’s legislative session.