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Dennis Schuller
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Independent, Legal Marijuana Now Party, Unaffiliated

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

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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
Image of Emma Greenman
Emma Greenman (D)
 
72.9
 
18,980
Image of Frank Pafko
Frank Pafko (R)
 
19.1
 
4,960
Image of Dennis Schuller
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
Image of Emma Greenman
Emma Greenman
 
64.0
 
7,380
Image of Jerome Evans
Jerome Evans Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Frank Pafko
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
Image of Dennis Schuller
Dennis Schuller
 
100.0
 
73

Total votes: 73
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: United States Senate election in Minnesota, 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
Image of Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar (D)
 
60.3
 
1,566,174
Image of Jim Newberger
Jim Newberger (R)
 
36.2
 
940,437
Image of Dennis Schuller
Dennis Schuller (Legal Marijuana Now Party)
 
2.6
 
66,236
Image of Paula Overby
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
Image of Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
 
95.7
 
557,306
Image of Steve Carlson
Steve Carlson
 
1.7
 
9,934
Image of Stephen Emery
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
Image of Jim Newberger
Jim Newberger
 
69.5
 
201,531
Image of Merrill Anderson
Merrill Anderson
 
15.7
 
45,492
Rae Hart Anderson
 
8.9
 
25,883
Image of Roque De La Fuente
Roque De La Fuente
 
5.9
 
17,051

Total votes: 289,957
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2016

See also: Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 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]

U.S. House, Minnesota District 5 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngKeith 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


U.S. House, Minnesota District 5 Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngKeith 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

Campaign themes

2020

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2018

Campaign website

Schuller's campaign website stated the following:

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.​

1. Abolish the controlled substance act
2. Stop workplace discrimination
3. End systemic racism
4. Change unreasonable search and seizure laws
5. Do provide honest information to help people
6. Distribute healing plant seeds so people can grow their own medicine
7. End homework for kids a day at school is enough

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

1. Immediate decriminalization There should be no situation where law enforcement is targeting individuals for substance use or using possession of a controlled substance as a reason to attack people or invade their homes.
2. Workplace discrimination Employment drug testing is an invasion of privacy and is not indicative of a person’s ability to do their job. Workers compensation should not be withheld because someone tests positive for THC In the case of an accident at work, this is an insurance company scam.
3. Cannabis is a sacred plant to many and should be treated with respect. In addition the drug war has left many casualties and people are still in jail, which is why at least at first legalization should be limited to medicinal uses, homegrown, and use within a private establishment like a club. What should not be allowed is retail sale and commercial advertisement.[3]
—Dennis Schuller's campaign website (2018)[4]

Campaign finance summary


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Dennis Schuller campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2018U.S. Senate MinnesotaLost general$0 N/A**
Grand total$0 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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