{"id":559,"date":"2006-08-10T17:25:02","date_gmt":"2006-08-10T22:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=559"},"modified":"2017-03-03T21:44:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T02:44:57","slug":"request-for-independence-party-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=559","title":{"rendered":"Request for Independence Party endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just emailed the following message to the 8th District Chairman of Minnesota&#8217;s Independence Party. I&#8217;ve been warned that Mr. Richardson takes a dim view of cross-over endorsements. That&#8217;s what happens when one party endorses the candidate of a second party. Republican Senate candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.citypages.com\/blotter\/2006\/08\/mark_kennedy_en.asp\">Mark Kennedy did this today<\/a> when he endorsed the Democrat, Joe Lieberman, who was just defeated in the Connecticut Primary.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">8-10-2006<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">Chair\u00a0P J Richardson<br \/>\nVice-Chair\u00a0Don Waller<br \/>\nMinnesota Independence Party<\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\" \/><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"> <\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">Gentlemen,<\/font>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">I have lived in Duluth, Minnesota, and the 8<sup>th<\/sup> Congressional District, since 1974. Although I have maintained a 35-year relationship with the Republican Party it has been a rocky one. In 1992 I challenged the Republican endorsed Congressional nominee and the Democrat&#8217;s James Oberstar as an Independent. I received 22,000 votes. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">I come from a family of teachers and value public education and graduated with a teaching degree from Minnesota University, Mankato in 1973. I was a teacher in the Duluth schools off and on until 1987.\u00a0For two terms from 1995 until 2003 I served on the Duluth School Board. I earned a reputation for telling people what they needed to hear rather than what they wanted to hear. \u00a0I am a fiscal conservative and a libertarian regarding personal conduct. I have been a writer for Duluth&#8217;s alternative paper the Reader Weekly for the past four years.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">I am a centrist and a moderate. I strongly believe in the separation of church and state. Long before the Independence Party called for transparency I began outlining my positions on numerous controversial issues so that there could be no doubt in the public&#8217;s mind how I would likely vote.\u00c2\u00a0Many of my positions\u00a0can be found at my website <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snowbizz.com\/\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">www.snowbizz.com<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"> , on my blog: <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lincolndemocrat.com\/\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">www.lincolndemocrat.com<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"> or on my campaign website: <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.welty4congress.org\/\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">www.welty4congress.org<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">My only piece of campaign literature &#8211; a bookmark &#8211; which directs voters to my websites can be viewed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.welty4congress.org\/lawnsigns.htm\">this link<\/a>. I have filed for office as an independent candidate and have a copy of my affidavit of Candidacy from the Secretary of State. I will be listed on the ballot as representing the &#8220;Unity Party.&#8221;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">I hereby request consideration from Minnesota&#8217;s Independence Party for their endorsement of my race for the 8<sup>th<\/sup> Congressional District seat.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>If you require a more formal letter for such a consideration please advise me and I will put this in the mail as well as a photocopy\u00c2\u00a0of my\u00a0affidavit of candidacy.<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">Sincerely,<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">Harry Welty<br \/>\ncandidate for Congress, 8<sup>th<\/sup> Dist<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just emailed the following message to the 8th District Chairman of Minnesota&#8217;s Independence Party. 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