Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, who was elected under the Reform Party label in 1998 before joining the Independence Party of Minnesota, endorsed the Democratic Party presidential ticket in several recent media appearances.…
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The Legal Marijuana NOW! Party of Minnesota nominated Dennis Schuller and Rudy Reyes as its presidential ticket at its national convention over the weekend. Both candidates previously ran in the party’s earlier presidential primary.…
Fourteen State Libertarian Parties have signed agreements to reform the Libertarian National Committee’s Region 1 seat, accounting for over one-fifth of the party’s total national membership.…
Members of the Independence-Alliance Party of Minnesota convened in Burnsville over the weekend for their annual state convention, where they endorsed several candidates and approved party leadership to continue discussions about placing a presidential candidate on their ballot line.…
The Legal Marijuana Now Party in Minnesota held its presidential primary on Tuesday, with Krystal Gabel winning by a plurality. It’s unknown if Gabel will appear on the November ballot, as she never consented to being a candidate.…
The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party is suing to revoke the major party status of the Legal Marijuana Now Party and see that its 2024 candidates only appear on the general election ballot if they follow the procedure outlined for independents.…
Minnesota became the 23rd state to legalize recreational marijuana on Tuesday afternoon, leaving two emerging statewide parties dedicated to cannabis legalization looking at what comes next for their political futures.…
NOT SO UNIVERSAL: Supporting direct cash payments for families and individuals is a founding principle of Minnesota’s newest political party. But Cory Hepola, the first Minnesota candidate endorsed by Andrew Yang’s Forward Party, has questioned the idea in the past and isn’t sold on implementing the policy on the state level.…
Former WCCO Radio host Cory Hepola is launching a run for governor of Minnesota with the Forward Party label. Minnesota’s Forward Party is the first state affiliate of Andrew Yang’s nascent effort to launch a national political party.…
Richard Painter, currently a University of Minnesota law professor, is now reportedly pondering a run for Minnesota Attorney General on the Forward Party line. Since 2016, he has served as vice-chair of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a government watchdog group.…
The Forward Party of Minnesota is the first official state-level affiliate of Andrew Yang’s new political creation.
It describes itself as “a political party for the logical, reasonable, solutions oriented voter in Minnesota.…
Minnesota’s Norma Lundeen, widow of the Farmer-Labor Party’s Ernest Lundeen, an isolationist who was later accused of being a Nazi sympathizer, unexpectedly entered the race for her late husband’s U.S.…