The Ventura Legacy: Solidified and Stronger Third Parties
2006-06-15
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The Ventura Legacy: Solidified and Stronger Third Parties
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2006-06-15
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Jesse Ventura ran in the 1998 governor’s election as a rebel intent on breaking the hold of the
two-party system on government. Yet critics charge that Governor Ventura failed to convert his
personal following into a lasting legacy of third party strength in Minnesota. Doug Grow blasted
Ventura in a June 2002 Star Tribune column for “blowing a huge opportunity” and “giving
almost nothing back” to the Independence Party, while Jim Ragsdale predicted in a July 2002
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story that Ventura’s legacy “won’t endure” in part because “party
building” was not a priority. (Full disclosure: Lawrence Jacobs voiced similar doubts.)
The conventional wisdom is wrong or, at a minimum, requires a significant revision. Ventura’s
successful campaign for governor in 1998 solidified and strengthened third parties in state and
national elections in Minnesota. Although Ventura benefited from the history of third party
success in Minnesota, his election campaign for governor expanded the number of state and
national elections in which third party candidates won a significant number of votes.
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Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
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Jacobs, Lawrence; Ostermeier, Eric J.. (2006). The Ventura Legacy: Solidified and Stronger Third Parties. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/200528.
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