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Joyce Lacey
Joyce Lacey (Independence-Alliance Party of Minnesota) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Minnesota. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Lacey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Joyce Lacey was born in Alexandria, Minnesota. Lacey earned degrees from Minnesota State Community and Technical College at Fergus Falls, the University of Minnesota at Morris, and Lutheran Brethren Seminary. Her career experience includes working as a reporter with KBRF Radio Station in Fergus Falls, an assistant to executive producers on a TV show, an author, and the vice president of outreach north for the Navy League of the United States. Lacey has been affiliated with the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Walker Art Center, the Minneapolis Aquatennial, and the St. Paul Festival and Heritage Foundation.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Minnesota
Incumbent Amy Klobuchar defeated Royce White, Rebecca Whiting, and Joyce Lacey in the general election for U.S. Senate Minnesota on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Amy Klobuchar (D) | 56.2 | 1,792,441 |
![]() | Royce White (R) ![]() | 40.5 | 1,291,712 | |
![]() | Rebecca Whiting (L) ![]() | 1.7 | 55,215 | |
![]() | Joyce Lacey (Independence-Alliance Party of Minnesota) ![]() | 1.5 | 46,377 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 3,578 |
Total votes: 3,189,323 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota
Incumbent Amy Klobuchar defeated Steve Carlson, Ahmad Hassan, Ole Savior, and George Kalberer in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Amy Klobuchar | 94.3 | 305,055 |
![]() | Steve Carlson | 2.9 | 9,535 | |
![]() | Ahmad Hassan | 1.5 | 4,891 | |
![]() | Ole Savior | 0.8 | 2,478 | |
George Kalberer | 0.5 | 1,578 |
Total votes: 323,537 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Derek Logan (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Royce White ![]() | 38.5 | 74,814 |
Joe Fraser | 29.3 | 56,909 | ||
Raymond Petersen | 8.4 | 16,237 | ||
![]() | Alycia Gruenhagen ![]() | 7.7 | 15,017 | |
![]() | John Berman | 7.3 | 14,158 | |
![]() | Patrick Munro | 4.9 | 9,444 | |
![]() | Christopher Seymore | 2.6 | 5,020 | |
![]() | Loner Blue | 1.4 | 2,727 |
Total votes: 194,326 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Hilbrich (R)
- Gene Rechtzigel (R)
- Mike Ruoho (R)
Endorsements
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Pledges
Lacey signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Minnesota gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of Minnesota
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Minnesota on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tim Walz (D) | 52.3 | 1,312,349 |
![]() | Scott Jensen (R) | 44.6 | 1,119,941 | |
James McCaskel (Legal Marijuana Now Party) | 1.2 | 29,346 | ||
Steve Patterson (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota) | 0.9 | 22,599 | ||
![]() | Hugh McTavish (Independence-Alliance Party of Minnesota) ![]() | 0.7 | 18,156 | |
Gabrielle Prosser (Socialist Workers Party) | 0.3 | 7,241 | ||
![]() | Joyce Lacey (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 11 | |
Mohamed Mourssi-Alfash (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 5 | ||
![]() | Loner Blue (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 4 | |
Joshua Olgbolahan Jubril (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1,009 |
Total votes: 2,510,661 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Cory Hepola (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Minnesota
Incumbent Tim Walz defeated Ole Savior in the Democratic primary for Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tim Walz | 96.5 | 416,973 |
![]() | Ole Savior | 3.5 | 14,950 |
Total votes: 431,923 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Minnesota
Scott Jensen defeated Joyce Lacey and Bob Carney Jr. in the Republican primary for Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Scott Jensen | 89.3 | 288,499 |
![]() | Joyce Lacey | 6.6 | 21,308 | |
![]() | Bob Carney Jr. | 4.1 | 13,213 |
Total votes: 323,020 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mike Murphy (R)
- Neil Shah (R)
- Michelle Benson (R)
- Paul Gazelka (R)
- Mike Marti (R)
- Kendall Qualls (R)
- Richard Stanek (R)
- Scott Magie (R)
Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election
Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for Governor of Minnesota
Steve Patterson defeated Darrell Paulsen in the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Steve Patterson | 59.1 | 1,003 | |
Darrell Paulsen | 40.9 | 693 |
Total votes: 1,696 | ||||
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election
Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Governor of Minnesota
James McCaskel defeated Chris Wright in the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | James McCaskel | 51.9 | 1,461 | |
![]() | Chris Wright ![]() | 48.1 | 1,356 |
Total votes: 2,817 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Joyce Lacey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lacey's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|For over 40 years, I've been devoted to organizations like the Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, American Cancer Society, the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the St. Paul Winter Carnival, just to name a few. As an ardent supporter of veterans, I currently serve as the VP of Community Engagement for the MN Council of the Navy League of the U.S.. I also dedicate time to the American Legion Auxiliary and other organizations that empower our nation's heroes.
I've been blessed to receive service recognition, including awards for the KARE Eleven Who Care, the WCCO/Women's Expo Volunteer of the Year, the KSTP/Sun Country Everyday Hero, the Freedom Resource Center and the Law 2.0 Conference Outstanding Leadership Awards, the Council on Disability Advocacy Award among others. To further serve vulnerable adults, children and veterans, I founded the June Lynne Lacey Foundation. This lifetime of experience has prepared me for my most ambitious service role: running for the US Senate to "Protect America's Future."- My campaign centers on advocating for marginalized voices, promoting justice and security for all individuals and implementing systemic changes to ensure stability.
This involves acknowledging past sacrifices, prioritizing comprehensive reforms and empowering otherwise marginalized communities to build a fairer and more secure future for generations to come.
My signature issue is guardianship reform, brought about by my experience with my own mother being put into an involuntary, abusive, fraudulent and for-profit guardianship. Nearly a million and a half elderly and disabled are in guardianships/conservatorships with up to 75% trapped in abusive, involuntary, fraudulent, for-profit situations. - We need to stabilize our present by redoubling efforts to address homelessness, putting a stop to human trafficking and ensuring that all receive their inalienable human rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Too many people in society are pushed to the side and forgotten. We need a return to the dignity of life from birth through natural death. Hubert Humphrey once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. My mission is to recognize them and create reforms and new systems to secure our future.
- We need to protect our future. We need more competition and anti-monopoly legislation to get a handle on inflation. This includes getting a handle on our national debt so that we can reduce that $34.5+ trillion debt we have at present. That is more than $103,000 for every man, woman and child in America. We need to also implement a variety of good government reforms including term limits so that we can reduce the number of career politicians and continually infuse the system with new ideas and new energy.
- Veterans issues
- Homelessness
- National Debt
In addition, in 1977 during his last speech, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, noted that.. "The moral test of
An elected official should be knowledgeable, possess honor, eloquence, intelligence, good humor and have displayed that they are truly a dedicated public servant through years of giving back to their communities through donations and volunteering countless hours to worthy causes.
One must be willing to listen to the American people and take into consideration all their concerns to devise a wise, fair and just outcome for policies to be enacted.
The government is employed by the American people. The government needs to be accountable to the people. We should be aware of the Totalitarianism and Socialism that is trying to overrun our democracy. If not, we are destined to fall like many democratic societies before us.
Finally, I support the idea of the U.S. Senate as an ongoing product of our Constitution's framers creating the "Great Compromise" - creating a legislative body that embodies the federalism of the United States in having each state being equally represented as opposed to the population-based U.S House of Representatives.
U.S. Term Limits (Pledge Signer)
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Campaign website
Lacey’s campaign website stated the following:
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Joyce Lacey for US Senate My Path We are called to be a voice for those whose voices have been silenced. I BELIEVE We all need to defend the rights of all Americans. Our inalienable rights are granted to us by our Creator and must not be taken away. We must defend our United States Constitution. MY COMMUNITY We must all strive for perfect harmony![3] |
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—Joyce Lacey’s campaign website (2024)[4] |
2022
Joyce Lacey did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Lacey's campaign website stated the following:
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I stand for the Right to Life regardless of one's age. No one should be forced to die against their will and against their family's wishes. I will defend the human rights and United States Constitutional Rights of all Minnesotans. If elected, I will work towards guardianship reform. No human being should be placed in a court meant for property and have all their rights stripped from them. Yet, this has been the case for many years. This is modern day slavery! The individual is usually targeted because of their assets (property, savings, pension, etc.). They are usually kidnapped from their home or a hospital stay and trafficked to a nursing home or group home far away from family and friends. This is enslavement. The POA and family have no say. They are regarded as a piece of property and treated as such. They are usually medicated continuously to make them appear incompetent and to restrain them from trying to flee. The abusive, for-profit, frauduent guardian/conservator takes all they own and has their mail forwarded. So they basically control everything. The guardian decides if the person can have medical trearment, if needed or if they are to be denied medical care. Essentially, the guardian can place the victim on Hospice, with no terminal illness, to be eliminated. Families have fled America to save their loved one's life, but only if they had dual citizenship. This is a travesty! Veteran's, who served their country, are now having their freedom stripped from them, simply because these unscrupulous predators want their property, savings, pension and all their assets! Guardianships and Conservatorships must be heard in a Court of Law, not a Court for Property (where human rights are not permitted to be heard). No one should be forced into Hospice without a terminal illness, simply because they are elderly or because they have a non-terminal disability. You see, Hospice was given 11 1/2 billion dollars from the Affordable Care Act to go from comfort care to basically the Grim Reaper. Hospice is now traded on the New York Stock Exchange. It is big business! If I am elected there will be no more profit over people. Human Rights and United States Constitutional Rights will not be ignored.[3] |
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—Joyce Lacey's campaign website (2022)[5] |
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Joyce Lacey for Governor, "Who is Joyce Lynne Lacey?" accessed July 22, 2022
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 13, 2024
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Joyce Lacey for US Senate, “Home,” accessed September 26, 2024
- ↑ Joyce Lacey for Governor, “Joyce Lacey - Views on Issues,” accessed July 16, 2022