Our Mission at Action 4 Liberty is to expand individual freedoms by reducing government control. We concentrate our efforts on three policy areas: business freedom, health freedom and educational freedom.
We recruit conservative candidates for the legislature and equip them to win their elections. Our objective is to lead a conservative offense at the Capitol to overpower the liberal agenda that seeks to grow government and reduce freedoms.
President - Erik Mortensen
Erik Mortensen (Mort) is a businessman and former State Representative. He ran and operated a restoration company in the southern Twin Cities metro and sold the company in 2018. Mort is currently employed in the propane industry as an operations management director. In 2020, he was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives and led the resistance against COVID tyranny in the state government. Mort authored the Never Again Bill, Stop Vaccine Mandates legislation and a one year income tax hike to give back the budget surplus.
Mort resides in Shakopee, Minnesota with his wife and two children. He's an avid sportsman and experienced cold weather, backcountry outdoorsman.
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Founder & Development - Jake Duesenberg
Jake co-founded Action 4 Liberty in 2013 with lay minister, Jack Rogers. His professional experience is in financial services, which led him to get back involved in politics in 2012 when major fiscal and monetary issues faced the country. Although economics is his passion in politics, Jake is also an avid outdoorsman so gun issues are very important. The entire team at Action 4 Liberty are very strong supporters of the 2nd Amendment.
Jake served 12 years in the Army as an infantry officer. He served overseas with the Minnesota Red Bulls in the Balkans and Iraq. He currently resides in Lake Elmo, Minnesota with his wife and children.
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Field Operations - MAGA Jesse Smith
Field Specialist - Hannah Determan
As the Action 4 Liberty Field Specialist, Hannah is dedicated to advancing liberty through organizing and activating Minnesota Liberty-lovers. A recent graduate of South Dakota State University, Hannah earned a degree in Economics and brings a strong foundation in policy analysis and grassroots advocacy to the role.
Before joining Action 4 Liberty, Hannah served as a staffer for Young Americans for Liberty, where her commitment to liberty earned her the prestigious Torchbearer of Liberty Award at the Revolution 2023 national convention for excellence in campus activism.
Hannah's faith defines her politics. She raised in a conservative household—her mom was politically active in grassroots movements when she was growing up, and her dad always has The Blaze TV on at home! She says her time at Young Americans for Liberty also introduced her to incredible mentors who further shaped her philosophy.
