Minnesota Public Radio: Full Independence Party Slate Set for November Elections

By Peter Cox

For the first time since the 2006 election, the Independence Party of Minnesota will have a slate of candidates for all major statewide offices on the ballot in November.

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With no candidate for governor at the outset, U.S. Senate hopeful Hannah Nicollet, made a last minute decision to change course.

“We anticipated we were going to have a Senate endorsement battle, but Hannah Nicollet recognizing that we did not have a candidate who was up for endorsement for governor talked to her family, talked to advisors and came to the leadership before the endorsement started and asked if she could seek the endorsement for governor,” said party chair Mark Jenkins.

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