List of political parties in Minnesota

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This article lists political parties in Minnesota.

History

Minnesota has had a history of favoring the

2012 elections. The governorship is held by DFLer Tim Walz.[1]

Minnesota has one of the strongest levels of support among the states for independent and third-party candidates.

Third parties

The Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party was a populist political party that managed to elect some of its candidates to the United States Congress, a rare feat among American third political parties, and eventually merged with the Minnesota Democratic Party in 1944 to create the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party. The success of the Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party shielded Minnesota from the worst of the restrictive ballot access laws that were passed in most states during the Red Scare era of the 1920s to 1950s. State law governing nominating petitions for third-party candidates and the definition of a major and minor political party have not prevented the rise of more than two major political parties, and have ensured that several different candidates are on the ballot in most state and federal elections.

In 1998, the

Independence Party of Minnesota. In 2002, Sheila Kiscaden, who had previously been a Republican, was re-elected as a member of the Independence Party. The Green Party of Minnesota has had electoral success in city elections, particularly Minneapolis and Saint Paul
.

Recognition

Qualifying as a recognized major or minor political party is determined by how many candidates a party nominates for certain partisan offices, how well candidates for statewide office do in certain partisan elections, or a petition that has the required number of signatures. Generally, a party that presents a statewide candidate that receives at least eight percent of the vote or presents a petition to the secretary of state containing a number of signatures equal to at least five percent of the number of individuals who voted in the preceding general election qualifies as a recognized major party. Similarly, the threshold is one percent to qualify as a recognized minor party.

Parties recognized as a major or minor party are eligible to receive funds from the state elections campaign account. Recognized major parties also have automatic ballot access.[2]

Political parties

Recognized major political parties

Party Ideology U.S. Congress State Senate State House Executive Offices
Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party[3] DFL Modern liberalism
6 / 10
34 / 67
70 / 134
5 / 5
Legal Marijuana Now Party[3] LMN
Cannabis legalization
0 / 10
0 / 67
0 / 134
0 / 5
Republican Party[3] R Conservatism
4 / 10
33 / 67
64 / 134
0 / 5

Recognized minor parties

Party Ideology
Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party[3]
Cannabis legalization
Independence—Alliance Party[3] Classical liberalism
Libertarian Party of Minnesota[3]
 Libertarianism

Unrecognized minor parties

Historical political parties

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tim Walz defeats Jeff Johnson in high-stakes election for Minnesota governor". Star Tribune.
  2. ^ McKnight, Deborah K. (November 2005). "Minor and Major Political Parties" (PDF). House Research Department. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Political parties". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
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