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Dennis Schuller
Dennis Schuller (Legal Marijuana Now Party, Nonpartisan, Independent, Unaffiliated) ran for election for President of the United States. Schuller (Legal Marijuana Now Party) lost as a write-in in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Schuller was a 2016 Legal Marijuana Now candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 5th Congressional District of Minnesota.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 63B
Emma Greenman defeated Frank Pafko and Dennis Schuller in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 63B on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Emma Greenman (D) | 72.9 | 18,980 |
 | Frank Pafko (R) | 19.1 | 4,960 | |
 | Dennis Schuller (Legal Marijuana Now Party) | 7.8 | 2,039 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 40 | ||
| Total votes: 26,019 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 63B
Emma Greenman defeated Jerome Evans and Husniyah Dent Bradley in the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 63B on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Emma Greenman | 64.0 | 7,380 |
 | Jerome Evans | 26.3 | 3,032 | |
| Husniyah Dent Bradley | 9.7 | 1,123 | ||
| Total votes: 11,535 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 63B
Frank Pafko advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 63B on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Frank Pafko | 100.0 | 775 |
| Total votes: 775 | |||
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election
Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 63B
Dennis Schuller advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 63B on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dennis Schuller | 100.0 | 73 |
| Total votes: 73 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Minnesota
Incumbent Amy Klobuchar defeated Jim Newberger, Dennis Schuller, and Paula Overby in the general election for U.S. Senate Minnesota on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Amy Klobuchar (D) | 60.3 | 1,566,174 |
 | Jim Newberger (R) | 36.2 | 940,437 | |
| Dennis Schuller (Legal Marijuana Now Party) | 2.6 | 66,236 | |
 | Paula Overby (G) | 0.9 | 23,101 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 931 | ||
| Total votes: 2,596,879 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota
Incumbent Amy Klobuchar defeated Steve Carlson, Stephen Emery, David Robert Groves, and Leonard Richards in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Amy Klobuchar | 95.7 | 557,306 |
 | Steve Carlson | 1.7 | 9,934 | |
 | Stephen Emery | 1.2 | 7,047 | |
| David Robert Groves | 0.8 | 4,511 | ||
| Leonard Richards | 0.6 | 3,552 | ||
| Total votes: 582,350 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota
Jim Newberger defeated Merrill Anderson, Rae Hart Anderson, and Roque De La Fuente in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jim Newberger | 69.5 | 201,531 |
 | Merrill Anderson | 15.7 | 45,492 | |
| Rae Hart Anderson | 8.9 | 25,883 | ||
 | Roque De La Fuente | 5.9 | 17,051 | |
| Total votes: 289,957 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Keith Ellison (D) defeated Frank Nelson Drake (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Ellison defeated Lee Bauer and Gregg Iverson in the Democratic primary on August 9, 2016.[1][2]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Keith Ellison Incumbent |
69.1% | 249,964 | |
| Republican | Frank Drake | 22.3% | 80,660 | |
| Legal Marijuana Now | Dennis Schuller | 8.5% | 30,759 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.1% | 499 | |
| Total Votes | 361,882 | |||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Keith Ellison Incumbent |
91.7% | 40,380 | ||
| Gregg Iverson | 4.3% | 1,887 | ||
| Lee Bauer | 4% | 1,757 | ||
| Total Votes | 44,024 | |||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State |
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Campaign themes
2020
Dennis Schuller did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Campaign website
Schuller's campaign website stated the following:
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Hi my name is Dennis Schuller I am running to represent the state of Minnesota as one of our two United States Senators. I would like to think that honesty, integrity, hard work, and practical sense have a place in our system of government, if so I am the right person for the job. Yes cannabis should be legalized but what exactly does that mean? My main points of focus will be at the federal level as a US senator.
You might be saying this guy has a one track mind what does he think about the real issues? Prohibition is a real issue that so many other issues come from, we honestly tried to just say “no” but it didn’t work. These days with all the cell phones, computers, and other surveillance tracking there is no denying that the age of accountability and truth is upon us. Not to mention this flowering plant was only made illegal based on fear of the immigrants bolstered by lies and deliberate misinformation from our government. Now think of all the bad stuff that has happened during cannabis prohibition, the ensuing drug war, the world wide preoccupation with "drugs", the underground gang activity, the police state, the private prisons, and most importantly the question of personal safety still lingers. After all this and ninety years of prohibition I think it is time to reset and focus on actual crimes that violate a person’s life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. At the state level I recommend
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| —Dennis Schuller's campaign website (2018)[4] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 1, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Minnesota House Primaries Results," August 9, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Dennis Schuller's campaign website, “Issues,” accessed October 17, 2018
