2024 Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now presidential primary

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2024 Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now presidential primary
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March 5, 20242028 
  Krystal Gabel in 2020 (cropped).jpg Dennis Schuller in Bloomington on February 27, 2024, cropped.jpg Vermin Supreme 2012.jpg
Candidate Krystal Gabel
(withdrew)
Dennis Schuller Vermin Supreme
Home state Colorado Minnesota Massachusetts
Delegate count-76
Popular vote759459397
Percentage28.8%17.4%15.1%

  Rudy Reyes in San Diego California July 2009.jpg Ed Forchion in Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 2019.jpg Willie Nelson May 2012 cropped.jpg
Candidate Rudy Reyes Edward Forchion Willie Nelson
(write-in)
Home state California New Jersey Texas
Delegate count520
Popular vote36516819
Percentage13.9%6.4%0.7%

The 2024 Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now presidential primary took place on March 5, 2024, for the 2024 presidential election. The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states and territories. [1] The race was the first Legal Marijuana Now Party presidential primary, and the first third party presidential primary run by the state of Minnesota since 1916. [2] Krystal Gabel, an activist from Colorado, earned a plurality of votes in the election, despite having withdrawn from the race, asking people to not vote for her. [3]

Contents

Candidates

The following candidates appeared on the ballot:

Campaign

Krystal Gabel, who had been national chairperson of the Legal Marijuana Now Party from 2021 through 2023, withdrew from the race during the party's candidate filing discussions. In 2024, when Gabel asked to be removed from the ballot after early voting had started on January 19, the Minnesota Secretary of State's office stated that changes cannot be made to the list of candidates after being certified at the beginning of January, and Gabel's name remained on ballots. [7] [8]

Write-in

Of Minnesota's three major political parties, all of which included a write in option for their 2024 nominating primaries, only the Legal Marijuana Now party submitted a write in name to be counted, Willie Nelson, to the Secretary of State. [9]

Results

2024 Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now primary
CandidateVotesPercentageDelegates
Krystal Gabel (withdrew)75928.84%-
Dennis Schuller 45917.44%7
Vermin Supreme 39715.08%6
Rudy Reyes 36513.87%5
Edward Forchion 1686.38%2
Willie Nelson (write-in)190.72%0
Other write-ins 46517.67%-
Total:2,632100.00%20
Source: [10]

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