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Green-turned Democrat-turned Green

By Kimberly Wilder on March 17, 2010 8:54 PM

I posted this at onthewilderside as “A peek indside a caucus, and inside party politics: Tom Cleland” Many of the characters in this story are in the Green Party or were in the Green Party.…

Independent Challenger to Keith Ellison Has Strong Feelings About Islam

By Morgan Brykein on December 14, 2009 5:28 PM

Lynne Torgerson is running for Minnesota’s fifth Congressional district as an independent, against Democratic incumbent Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress. On Torgerson’s website, she claims that we cannot discriminate against anybody on the basis of religion, race, sex, etc, but she goes on to declare that Islam is not a religion protected under the First Amendment.…

Several gubernatorial races could see serious independent candidates

By PJO on September 28, 2009 12:08 AM

The Washington publication Politico reports independent candidates “are poised to run serious campaigns for governor in at least a half-dozen states, a development that threatens Democratic fortunes in some of the bluest and most progressive-minded states in the nation.”…

Minnesota Open Progressives Endorse Mayor Diane Longrie of Maplewood

By on September 21, 2009 11:20 AM

Emailed to [email protected]:

At a meeting in St Paul, the recently formed Minnesota Open Progressives endorsed Maplewood Mayor Diane Longrie in her bid for re-election.

Mayor Longrie sat with the MN-OP and discussed her goals of increased citizen participation and empowerment, honesty, transparency and maintaining respectful relations with others, even when they disagree.…