Oct 5, 2021
Hannah Nicollet ran for Governor of MN in 2014 with the
Independence Party. She starting running for US Senate, until the
gubernatorial candidate dropped out, and she switched races at the
convention.
Being a third party candidate is a tough job, when you have two
major parties that don’t want you there to begin with. Rules for
debate inclusion change. Calls go unreturned. You have to work
twice as hard just to get noticed.
As a defender of liberty, she looked to end the drug war in MN,
repeal the corporate income tax, and to privately fund TCF Bank
Stadium. Third party candidates bring up important issues that the
major parties won’t touch. In his farewell address, George
Washington warned us to stay away from the two party system. We
should have listened.