Captain Jack Sparrow

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Captain Jack Sparrow

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 9, 2022

Education

High school

Aitkin High School

Personal

Profession

Collective business manager

Contact

Personal website

Captain Jack Sparrow (Republican Party) ran for election for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota. He lost in the Republican primary on August 9, 2022.

Biography

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Sparrow studied logic at the University of Minnesota and sociobiology-related subjects at the University of Minnesota and the University of Texas at Austin.

Sparrow's professional experience includes work as an organizer and manager of home remodeling and demolition, lawn service and landscaping, and automobile, motorcycle, and restaurant equipment repair collective businesses. He has also served as the editor of the All Coop newsletter, a founding member of Occupy Homes, a cofounder of People United for Economic Justice and Up and Out of Poverty, and a board member for the Minneapolis, Minnesota and National Coalitions for the Homeless.

Elections

2022

See also: Minnesota gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

The following candidates ran in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peggy Flanagan (D)	52.3	1,312,349
		Matt Birk (R)	44.6	1,119,941
		David Sandbeck (Legal Marijuana Now Party)	1.2	29,346
	Submit photo	Matt Huff (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota)	0.9	22,599
		Mike Winter (Independence-Alliance Party of Minnesota)	0.7	18,156
	Submit photo	Kevin A. Dwire (Socialist Workers Party)	0.3	7,241
	Submit photo	Kent Edwards (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	11
	Submit photo	Lance Hegland (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	5
	Submit photo	Al Smith (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	4
	Submit photo	Olamide Jubril (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	1,009

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,510,661
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tamara Uselman (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

Incumbent Peggy Flanagan defeated Julia Parker in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peggy Flanagan	96.5	416,973
	Submit photo	Julia Parker	3.5	14,950

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 431,923
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

Matt Birk defeated Kent Edwards and Captain Jack Sparrow in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matt Birk	89.3	288,499
	Submit photo	Kent Edwards	6.6	21,308
		Captain Jack Sparrow	4.1	13,213

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 323,020
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Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

Matt Huff defeated Ed Engelmann in the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Matt Huff	59.1	1,003
	Submit photo	Ed Engelmann	40.9	693

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,696
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

David Sandbeck defeated L.C. Lawrence Converse in the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Sandbeck	51.9	1,461
	Submit photo	L.C. Lawrence Converse	48.1	1,356

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,817
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2017

See also: Mayoral election in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2017) and Municipal elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2017)

Minneapolis, Minnesota, held a general election for mayor, all 13 seats on the city council, both elected members of the board of estimate and taxation, and all nine members of the park and recreation board on November 7, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 15, 2017.

Incumbents ran for re-election to all but two of the city council seats. Ward 3 Councilman Jacob Frey filed to run for mayor instead, and Ward 8 Councilwoman Elizabeth Glidden opted not to run for re-election.

Minneapolis Mayor, 2017, Round 5
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Betsy Hodges (i) - Eliminated	0%	0	−26,875
Raymond Dehn	42.8%	34,971	7,613
Al Flowers	0%	0	0
Jacob Frey - Winner	57.2%	46,716	7,348
Tom Hoch	0%	0	0
Gregg Iverson	0%	0	0
Nekima Levy-Pounds	0%	0	0
Aswar Rahman	0%	0	0
Charlie Gers	0%	0	0
L.A. Nik	0%	0	0
Troy Benjegerdes	0%	0	0
Ron Lischeid	0%	0	0
David Rosenfeld	0%	0	0
Ian Simpson	0%	0	0
Captain Jack Sparrow	0%	0	0
David John Wilson	0%	0	0
Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Write-in)	0%	0	0
Theron Preston Washington (Write-in)	0%	0	0
Undeclared Write-ins	0%	0	0
Exhausted		22,835	11,914
Total Votes		104,522	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Minneapolis Mayor, 2017, Round 4
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Betsy Hodges (i)	28.7%	26,875	3,364
Raymond Dehn	29.2%	27,358	3,330
Al Flowers	0%	0	0
Jacob Frey - Most votes	42.1%	39,368	9,888
Tom Hoch - Eliminated	0%	0	−22,754
Gregg Iverson	0%	0	0
Nekima Levy-Pounds	0%	0	0
Aswar Rahman	0%	0	0
Charlie Gers	0%	0	0
L.A. Nik	0%	0	0
Troy Benjegerdes	0%	0	0
Ron Lischeid	0%	0	0
David Rosenfeld	0%	0	0
Ian Simpson	0%	0	0
Captain Jack Sparrow	0%	0	0
David John Wilson	0%	0	0
Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Write-in)	0%	0	0
Theron Preston Washington (Write-in)	0%	0	0
Undeclared Write-ins	0%	0	0
Exhausted		10,921	6,172
Total Votes		104,522	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Minneapolis Mayor, 2017, Round 3
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Betsy Hodges (i)	23.6%	23,511	4,044
Raymond Dehn	24.1%	24,028	5,454
Al Flowers	0%	0	0
Jacob Frey - Most votes	29.5%	29,480	2,730
Tom Hoch	22.8%	22,754	1,842
Gregg Iverson	0%	0	0
Nekima Levy-Pounds - Eliminated	0%	0	−16,189
Aswar Rahman	0%	0	0
Charlie Gers	0%	0	0
L.A. Nik	0%	0	0
Troy Benjegerdes	0%	0	0
Ron Lischeid	0%	0	0
David Rosenfeld	0%	0	0
Ian Simpson	0%	0	0
Captain Jack Sparrow	0%	0	0
David John Wilson	0%	0	0
Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Write-in)	0%	0	0
Theron Preston Washington (Write-in)	0%	0	0
Undeclared Write-ins	0%	0	0
Exhausted		4,749	2,119
Total Votes		104,522	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Minneapolis Mayor, 2017, Round 2
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Betsy Hodges (i)	19.1%	19,467	552
Raymond Dehn	18.2%	18,574	473
Al Flowers - Eliminated	0%	0	−711
Jacob Frey - Most votes	26.3%	26,750	634
Tom Hoch	20.5%	20,912	787
Gregg Iverson - Eliminated	0%	0	−335
Nekima Levy-Pounds	15.9%	16,189	473
Aswar Rahman - Eliminated	0%	0	−756
Charlie Gers - Eliminated	0%	0	−1,233
L.A. Nik - Eliminated	0%	0	−612
Troy Benjegerdes - Eliminated	0%	0	−184
Ron Lischeid - Eliminated	0%	0	−325
David Rosenfeld - Eliminated	0%	0	−477
Ian Simpson - Eliminated	0%	0	−119
Captain Jack Sparrow - Eliminated	0%	0	−438
David John Wilson - Eliminated	0%	0	−220
Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Write-in) - Eliminated	0%	0	−1
Theron Preston Washington (Write-in) - Eliminated	0%	0	0
Undeclared Write-ins - Eliminated	0%	0	−138
Exhausted		2,630	2,630
Total Votes		104,522	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Legend:     Eliminated in current round     Most votes     Lost

This is the first round of voting. To view subsequent rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.

Minneapolis Mayor, 2017, Round 1
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Betsy Hodges (i)	18.1%	18,915
Raymond Dehn	17.3%	18,101
Al Flowers	0.7%	711
Jacob Frey - Most votes	25%	26,116
Tom Hoch	19.3%	20,125
Gregg Iverson	0.3%	335
Nekima Levy-Pounds	15%	15,716
Aswar Rahman	0.7%	756
Charlie Gers	1.2%	1,233
L.A. Nik	0.6%	612
Troy Benjegerdes	0.2%	184
Ron Lischeid	0.3%	325
David Rosenfeld	0.5%	477
Ian Simpson	0.1%	119
Captain Jack Sparrow	0.4%	438
David John Wilson	0.2%	220
Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Write-in)	0%	1
Theron Preston Washington (Write-in)	0%	0
Undeclared Write-ins	0.1%	138
Exhausted		0	0
Total Votes		104,522	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2017

Sparrow's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	I am running for Mayor of Minneapolis in 2017. You may remember me from my 2013 Minneapolis Mayoral campaign, or my run, in 2014, for Hennepin County Commissioner, District 4. Then, as now, I am running on a platform, that has as its first priority, the alleviation of poverty and all the consequences that follow. These include, but are not limited to homelessness, hunger and the lack of proper health care, education, transportation, the lack of legal representation and greater instances of bias and abuse by some police officers, especially toward people of color. At the same time I support the majority of police officers who daily risk their lives for our safety and security. That support is necessary to the second plank on my platform, which is violence prevention. A problem which disproportionately affects poor and homeless people and people of color. I believe that we are, or ought to be, our brothers’ and sisters’ keeper. That means we must take care of the basic needs of all of our citizens. I am proposing that we do that by establishing a Basic Income Guarantee for all of our citizens. But we must go beyond just their material and medical needs, to include the right to adequate and equal protection by the police and our courts. The problem of inadequate protection in poor neighborhoods is at least as important as the issue of police abuse by some police officers toward people in these neighborhoods. Another way to prevent violence, is to stop glorifying the purveyors of violence, those from the past, as well as those in the present. In Europe, the Vikings went on a rampage, where they would attack undefended villages, killing everyone, including the women and children. Even the clergy were killed in the name of Odin. They were also in the Americas, initiating the genocidal activities towards the Native Americans, which was then continued after the arrival of Columbus, some 500 years later. The Vikings left a legacy of murder, rape and slavery wherever they went. I am calling for the elimination of the word 'Vikings' in the name of the Minnesota football team. See: Occupirate.blogspot.com: The name 'Vikings' in Minnesota Vikings should be changed. The third plank on my platform is the issue of climate change. I believe this is the most important issue facing our planet. If we are going to prevent all the disastrous consequences of climate change then we must begin to use the resources of the planet more efficiently. If we hope to bring the standard of living of the rest of world up to anything approaching the standard of living of many of the countries of the developed nations, then we must learn to share the Earth’s resources in a more equal and cooperative way. If we hope to rid the world of the threat of terrorism this will be a necessary requirement. I believe we should adopt the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) in place of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) because it is a more accurate method of measuring Progress, and by doing so it will help to protect the environment. I believe terrorism, (including terrorism committed by our country), is the fourth most important problem facing the people of our planet. If you have internet access, (If not I will provide a printed version), please read the other posts on my blog, occupirate.blogspot.com, to see my ideas about alleviating poverty while saving the taxpayers’ money at the same time. Part of this plan includes cooperative housing and collective businesses, starting with homeless and unemployed individuals. It also involves a “Second (nonviolent) American Revolution” as advocated by Gar Alperovitz. I also have information on how to solve some of the problems of climate change while simultaneously improving the economy. Part of this plan involves a 'Transit Revolution,' as put forward by Bob 'Again' Carney, Jr. I am currently working to lessen the effects of big money on politics. I support Ranked Choice Voting and Proportional Representation to reduce the strangle hold of the two party system on our democratic process. I have been involved with working on the issues of poverty and homelessness for over 40 years. I have described the work in a post on my blog called, 'What has Captain Jack Sparrow ever accomplished politically?' If you read that post you will see that I have not only worked hard on these issues, I have also been successful in my efforts.	”
—Captain Jack Sparrow's campaign website, (2017)

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