I just returned a call from an Independence Party official who called me a couple days ago. We had a friendly chat and I told him I would be interested in IP endorsement. Actually, a few years ago I asked them for an endorsement but I was running as a Republican and it wasn’t in the cards. Perhaps my “Unity” party status can be overlooked and I could get the party’s help in my race.
Here are the requirements for endorsement from their website:
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To be eligible for IP endorsement, a candidate must: Demonstrate competency for public service. Read the United States and Minnesota constitutions. Support and defend these constitutions as the foundation of governance by law. Abide by the IP principles. If elected, work to enact the IP platform planks with which the candidate agrees. Publicly state the differences the candidate has with the IP platform. Conduct issue-oriented campaigns and political dialogue with civility and decorum. Deliver to the IP copies of all campaign literature, questionnaires, press releases, finance reports, and other such items that document the candidate’s policy positions and campaign promises. Keep one’s campaign promises. Accept no PAC money where public campaign financing is available. Where public campaign financing is not available:
(a)Â Publicly disclose the source and dollar amount of each PAC
      contribution.
(b)Â State in writing the affinity the contributing PAC’s principles,
      policies, and operations have with the IP principles.
(c)Â Truthfully certify that the principles, policies, and operations of
      the contributing PAC do not substantially conflict with the IP
      principles.
