The Republican Party of Minnesota has filed a complaint against the Independence Party of Minnesota’s endorsed gubernatorial candidate, Tom Horner. This is not the first complaint they have made against Horner, a complaint to the state’s campaign finance board last week was rejected. the Republican Party of Minnesota is trying again: It filed a complaint [...]

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GreenChange.org has put out a piece on “8 Young Greens to Watch”, featuring 8 young Green candidates that Green Change considers deserving of national attention: Introducing 8 Young Greens to Watch: 8 young candidates who are running hard to bring our values into the halls of power. With your help, 2010 can be a breakthrough [...]

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Tom Horner, one of the candidates for the nomination of the Independence Party of Minnesota in the Governor’s race, already has the endorsement of his party and has begun touring the state. On this tour he is pitching a message of conciliation and compromise. Tom Horner visited Fergus Falls Wednesday afternoon to let residents know [...]

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From CP Discussion Forum, by way of Third Party and Independent Daily: Delegates from across Minnesota assembled at the Brookdale Public Library in Brooklyn Center on Saturday, May 8, 2010 to hear from candidates seeking office for various levels of government and voting for or against their endorsement. After deliberations on resolutions for revisions to [...]

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In polling conducted this week by SurveyUSA on the Minnesota gubernatorial election, public relations executive Tom Horner, the nominee of the Independence Party, scored either 9 or 10%. Horner plans to begin running ads, on radio and online. A press release says the ad buy (including Internet advertising, which will include ads on MinnPost) will [...]

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From Minnesota Public Radio: The Independence Party has played a critical role in the last three elections for governor of Minnesota. In 1998, Jesse Ventura came from nowhere to win the corner office. In 2002, Democrat-turned-Indepdendent Tim Penny attracted enough DFL voters to get Tim Pawlenty elected governor. And the same could be said for [...]

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Tom Cleland is an activist from Minnesota who left the Green Party for the Democrats. Cleland wrote a blog post explaining in detail the background, and then the voting, at a March 14, 2010 Democratic Party convention in Minnesota. His frustration with various candidates and their issues, and with the outcome of the voting, has motivated him to announce a return to the Green Party.

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Independence Party member Steven Wilson has announced his candidacy for Congress in Minnesota’s first congressional district: ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC-DT) — Another candidate is throwing his hat into the ring for U.S. Congress. Seven Wilson is with the Independence Party of Minnesota and hopes to someday represent the First Congressional District. Wilson says he’s a conservative Independent [...]

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Posted on the Independence Party of Minnesota website Srp Website is up. Check it out! by Laura Kundsen Mayor Roy Srp’s Senate District 26 special election website is up and running. The election is just four weeks away on January 26th. WIth your support, this is the start of a ground breaking year for the [...]

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Ballot Access News: 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. [...]

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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 [...]

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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.” In New Jersey, polls suggest independent Chris Daggett, “a moderate former Republican who once worked as [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: 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. She also [...]

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by Peter Tharaldson Independence Minnesota Blog: The hoopla over national healthcare reform has been silly. I am of the opinion that those who favor national healthcare reform and those who believe we should preserve the market system are mistaken. Here are my points. The healthcare system, in point of fact, is not market-based. The fact that [...]

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The Open Progressive Party of Minnesota is running a city council candidate in Minneapolis – and he just happens to be Michael Cavlan, a frequent commenter at IPR. According to Cavlan, he is qualified for the ballot and the party is in the first stages of associating with a national organization.

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While the mainstream news reports on Papa John’s pizza, and its founder’s retrieved Camaro, the political world has been percolating the story about a unique, independent candidate running for Mayor of Minneapolis, who happens to be called “Papa John.” He will be running on the ballot name “Independent Civic Leader”. Papa John Kolstad — and ten of his electoral opponents — will be running under the Instant Runoff system (IRV).

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The Constitution Party of Minnesota has issued a statement giving support to Colleen Hauser. Colleen’s 13-year-old son Daniel Hauser has Hodgkins lymphoma. When the family decided to discontinue Daniel’s chemotherapy, the courts ordered the child be turned over to the county family services. The Constitution Party of Minnesota states that Colleen Hauser “is a true hero and patriot, risking incarceration for the right to raise her family free of government interference.”

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Former independent governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura has been causing a stir in the media lately.  He has been on the View, FOX and Friends, and Sean Hannity’s show, among other outlets.  In his usual outspoken style, Ventura has been calling for the prosecution of officials involved with torture.  Ventura himself was actually waterboarded during [...]

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The program is scheduled for Wednesday, May 6th from 7PM to 8PM East Coast Time. To listen live, or after the webcast, click here. To participate in the show on Wednesday dial (646) 478-3778. Cavlan says he has plans to bring someone representing the other side of his position onto the show, but will be [...]

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Posted at http://www.mngreens.org/node/224. H/T Green Party Watch; reposted to IPR by Paulie. The Green Party of Minnesota is outraged at the sudden vote on April 2 by which the state Senate seeks to bypass public debate and end the ban on licensing new nuclear reactors. The measure, already defeated in one House committee, was attached [...]

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