Minnesota will hold a special election to fill the vacant State Senate seat, 26th district, on January 26. The Independence Party nominee will be Roy Srp, Mayor of Waseca, a city of about 10,000 people. Five Republicans have also filed so far. There will probably be a Republican primary on January 12. Probably a Democrat will file soon. Filing closes on December 29.
The seat is vacant because the incumbent Republican resigned earlier this month to take a job as a full-time lobbyist, on behalf of racetracks who want to install slot machines. Last time this seat was up, in 2006, the vote was Republican 54.5%, Democratic 45.4%. Thanks to Gene Berkman for the news.
He placed third with 20.32% of the vote: http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20100126/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=26
As of now it’s a 3-way race between Spr, a D, and an R.
One of the Republican Party candidates has just withdrawn from the race.
According to the SOS’s office, so far only two people from the Republican Party have filed. Nobody from the Democratic Party has filed yet. http://www.sos.state.mn.us/index.aspx?page=1567
The Green party should file a candidate on this ballot and participate in the Progressive Libertarian Alliance Strategy Experiment.
If the Democratic Party doesn’t have a nominee in this race, will they consider endorsing Srp?
We here at Third Party Revolution endorse Roy Srp in his campaign for Minnesota State Senate District 26, along with many other third party and independent candidates seeking public offices nationwide, ranging from local to federal levels.