UPDATE: Since publishing this story, the list of write in candidates has been released by the SOS office. Bradley Schaeppi has filed as a Write-In candidate against Rep. Patty Acomb.
Senate District 45 is a critical race that will decide which party holds the majority in the state Senate. This race opened up after radical leftist incumbent Senator Kelly Morrison resigned to focus on a CD3 Congressional bid against Republican nominee former Judge Tad Jude. This election will decide if Democrats will continue to operate under one party trifecta control or if Republicans can take over even a single chamber of government. In the Senate race, Republican Kathleen Fowke will be up against radical gun grabber and former Senator Ann Johnson Stewart.
With the importance of this Senate District, it would seemingly be imperative that the HRCC recruits candidates for the House Districts, however, there is no candidate for House District 45B to oppose radical leftist Patty Acomb! GOP voters will be left stranded at the ballot box in District 45B. This diminishes the credibility of the party and helps the Democrats’ optics at the ballot box.
When a ballot is in a voter’s hands and they begin filling it out, they will notice this and question how it could possibly be that the GOP couldn’t find anybody to run! Why hand the election over to Patty Acomb when she has supported every insane policy pushed by the Dems? Nobody should be rewarded for bad behavior and a radical voting record!
Tomorrow (Oct. 29th) at 5PM all hope will be lost for ANY competition to Patty Acomb unless someone decides to file as a Write-In candidate against her. If there is any Patriot within District 45B that wants to have Write-In votes for them counted against Patty Acomb, they must file with the Secretary of State’s office by filling out this form and returning it to the address listed or their County Auditor's office by 5PM October 29th. This is the case for any person who desires to have their Write-In votes counted for any upcoming statewide, congressional, or legislative office.
Write-In candidates can be a very important tool because then voters can vote for someone they actually want to vote for and so crooked politicians don’t waltz into office unopposed. Write-In votes also can be an effective election integrity tool. Write-In campaigns are sometimes Hail Mary attempts that don't receive widespread votes, in those cases, voters can make sure their ballot was counted by examining their precinct results. In other cases, Write-In candidacies can be serious opportunities to win!
Patriot Tina Simons from Kanabec County is proving exactly that! Simons is a Constitutional conservative who is running as a Write-In candidate for Kanabec County Commissioner District 2. There will be no candidate on the ballot for this race and it will be completely decided on who Kanabec County District 2 voters write-in as their vote! This means that all of the ballots will have to be hand-counted! Two other individuals have filed as Write-In candidates for this office. Read more about this race in a great article written by former Republican SOS candidate Erik Van Mechelen. Individuals can file to be Write-In candidates for County offices by tomorrow at 5PM by turning this form into their County Auditor's office. Dozens if not hundreds of local offices like County Commissioner will be unopposed across the state otherwise. See Tina Simons’ campaign literature below:
The HRCC and the MNGOP have failed statewide to recruit candidates up and down the ballot. The establishment is too busy protecting itself to actually make Minnesota competitive for Republicans and House District 45B is a prime example of that. Kathleen Fowke is in a much tougher position when she is not joined by another Republican for the House on half of the ballots. 2022 45B GOP candidate Lorie Cousineau received nearly 40% of the vote, proving that there are plenty of Republicans who are fed up.
The HRCC is making Minnesota more uncompetitive by the day and grassroots conservatives are fed up! GOP Representatives must stop funding the HRCC until the HRCC fulfills their obligations as a party unit by only supporting endorsed candidates. Party bosses need to be held accountable for helping unendorsed RINOs and for failing to recruit a candidate in 45B. We’ve reported on the incoming leadership fight at the State House and will continue to hold corrupt politicians to account. The HRCC is failing Republicans and more have become savvy to it.
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