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Jesse Ventura

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Jesse Ventura
Prior offices:
Governor of Minnesota
Years in office: 1999 - 2003
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 3, 2020
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Jesse Ventura was theGovernor of Minnesota. Ventura assumed office on January 8, 1999. Ventura left office on January 6, 2003.

Ventura (Green Party of Alaska, Unaffiliated) ran for election for President of the United States. Ventura (Green Party of Alaska) lost in the general election onNovember 3, 2020.

Political career

Governor of Minnesota (1999-2003)

Ventura ran for governor of Minnesota in 1998. Ventura was elected as a member of theReform Party, but later left and reorganized the Minnesota Reform Party as theIndependence Party.[1]He did not seek a second term as governor.[2]

Elections

2020

Presidency

See also:Presidential candidates, 2020

Former Vice PresidentJoe Biden (D) won thepresidential election on November 3, 2020. Biden received 306electoral votes and PresidentDonald Trump (R) received 232 electoral votes. In the national popular vote, Biden received 81.2 million votes and Trump received 74.2 million votes.

The Green Party of Alaska nominated Ventura as its nominee rather thanHowie Hawkins, the national nominee for the Green Party, on September 1, 2020.[3]


Presidential election, 2020
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
✔
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Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)
 
51.3
 
81,282,632306
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Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R)
 
46.9
 
74,223,234232
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Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L)
 
1.2
 
1,864,8730
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Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G)
 
0.3
 
402,7950
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Roque De La Fuente (multiple running mates) (Alliance Party)
 
0.1
 
88,2140
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Gloria La Riva (multiple running mates) (Party for Socialism and Liberation)
 
0.1
 
84,9050
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Ye/Michelle Tidball (Independent)
 
0.0
 
67,9060
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Don Blankenship/William Mohr (Constitution Party)
 
0.0
 
59,9240
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Brock Pierce/Karla Ballard (Independent)
 
0.0
 
49,7640
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Brian T. Carroll/Amar Patel (American Solidarity Party)
 
0.0
 
35,2600
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Alyson Kennedy/Malcolm Jarrett (Socialist Workers Party)
 
0.0
 
6,7910
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Bill Hammons/Eric Bodenstab (Unity Party)
 
0.0
 
6,6470
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Jade Simmons (multiple running mates) (Independent)
 
0.0
 
6,5340
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Jerry Segal/John de Graaf (Bread and Roses)
 
0.0
 
5,9490
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Dario David Hunter/Dawn Neptune Adams (Progressive Party)
 
0.0
 
5,3940
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Phil Collins/Billy Joe Parker (Prohibition Party)
 
0.0
 
4,8440
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Jesse Ventura/Cynthia McKinney (Green Party of Alaska)
 
0.0
 
3,2840
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President Boddie/Eric Stoneham (C.U.P.)
 
0.0
 
3,1710
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Joe McHugh/Elizabeth Storm (Independent)
 
0.0
 
2,8430
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Mark Charles/Adrian Wallace (Independent)
 
0.0
 
2,6620
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Sheila Tittle (multiple running mates) (Independent)
 
0.0
 
1,8060
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Connie Gammon/Phil Collins (Independent)
 
0.0
 
1,4750
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J.R. Myers/Tiara Lusk (Life and Liberty)
 
0.0
 
1,3720
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Tom Hoefling/Andy Prior (Independent)
 
0.0
 
1,2410
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H. Brooke Paige/Thomas Witman (Grumpy Old Patriots)
 
0.0
 
1,1750
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Christopher Lafontaine/Michael Speed (Independent)
 
0.0
 
8560
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Kyle Kenley Kopitke (multiple running mates) (Independent)
 
0.0
 
8150
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Ricki Sue King/Dayna Chandler (Genealogy Know Your Family History Party)
 
0.0
 
5460
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Princess Khadijah Maryam Jacob-Fambro/Khadijah Maryam Jacob Sr. (Independent)
 
0.0
 
4970
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Blake Huber/Frank Atwood (Approval Voting Party)
 
0.0
 
4090
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Joseph Kishore/Norissa Santa Cruz (Socialist Equality Party)
 
0.0
 
3170
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Richard Duncan/Mitch Bupp (Independent)
 
0.0
 
2130
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Jordan Marc Scott/Jennifer Tepool (Independent)
 
0.0
 
1750
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Gary Swing/David Olszta (Boiling Frog)
 
0.0
 
1410
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Keith McCormic/Sam Blasiak (Bull Moose)
 
0.0
 
1260
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Zachary Scalf/Matthew Lyda (Independent)
 
0.0
 
290
 Other write-in votes
 
0.1
 
183,2070
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Total votes: 158,402,026

0 states have not been called.



Presidential preference

2016 presidential endorsement

✓ Ventura endorsedGary Johnson for the 2016 presidential general election.[4]

See also:Endorsements for Gary Johnson
2016 Presidential Endorsements by Influencer Individuals
NameCandidateDateSource
Republican Party Colin PowellDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonOctober 2016Newsday
Democratic PartyDeRay McKessonDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonOctober 2016The Washington Post
Republican PartyMichael ChertoffDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonOctober 2016Bloomberg.com
IndependentLarry PresslerDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonAugust 2016The Hill
Republican PartyGeorge P. BushRepublican PartyDonald TrumpAugust 2016CNN
IndependentMichael BloombergDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonJuly 2016The Hill
IndependentJesse VenturaLibertarian PartyGary JohnsonJuly 2016CNBC
Republican PartyWilliam G. MillikenDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonAugust 2016Detroit Free Press
Republican PartyMeg WhitmanDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonAugust 2016Reuters
Democratic PartyAl GoreDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonJuly 2016CNN
Republican PartyJeff DeWitRepublican PartyDonald TrumpJanuary 2016The Arizona Republic
Democratic PartyJoe BidenDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonJune 2016Politico
Democratic PartyBarack ObamaDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonJune 2016CNN
Republican PartyNewt GingrichRepublican PartyDonald TrumpMay 2016CBS News
Republican PartyRoger F. Villere Jr.Republican PartyDonald TrumpMay 2016Republican Party of Louisiana
Democratic PartySteve BeshearDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonMay 2016The Courier-Journal
Republican Party Sheldon AdelsonRepublican PartyDonald TrumpMay 2016Politico
Democratic PartyKathleen SebeliusDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonFebruary 2016CBS News
Republican PartyScott BrownRepublican PartyDonald TrumpFebruary 2016Boston Herald
Republican PartyLincoln AlmondRepublican PartyJeb BushJanuary 2016Bloomberg
Republican PartyAnn Marie BuerkleRepublican PartyCarly FiorinaNovember 2015Syracuse.com
Democratic PartyEric HolderDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonJanuary 2016Politico
Republican PartyTony PerkinsRepublican PartyTed CruzJanuary 2016The Huffington Post
Republican PartyJon KylRepublican PartyMarco RubioJanuary 2016The Arizona Republic
Republican PartyNorm ColemanRepublican PartyJeb BushJanuary 2016Minnesota Public Radio
Democratic PartyLucy FloresDemocratic PartyBernie SandersNovember 2015Cleveland.com
Republican PartySarah PalinRepublican PartyDonald TrumpJanuary 2016The New York Times
Republican PartyEric CantorRepublican PartyJeb BushNovember 2015CNN
Democratic PartyBrian SchweitzerDemocratic PartyMartin O'MalleyOctober 2015CNN Politics
Democratic PartyNina TurnerDemocratic PartyBernie SandersNovember 2015Cleveland.com
Democratic PartyGabrielle GiffordsDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonJanuary 2016CNN
Republican PartyPeter BragdonRepublican PartyChris ChristieJanuary 2016New Hampshire Union Leader
Republican PartyBob Vander PlaatsRepublican PartyTed CruzDecember 2015ABC News
Republican PartyPaul SingerRepublican PartyMarco RubioOctober 2015The New York Times
Republican PartyFrank VanderSlootRepublican PartyMarco RubioNovember 2015Politico
Republican PartyKenneth GriffinRepublican PartyMarco RubioDecember 2015The New York Times
Democratic PartyJulian CastroDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonOctober 2015MSNBC
Democratic PartyTom VilsackDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonAugust 2015MSNBC
Democratic PartyTom PerezDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonDecember 2015Politico
Democratic PartyPeter FranchotDemocratic PartyHillary ClintonOctober 2015Baltimore Sun

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