Duluth Business Owner Running For President On The Grassroots Party Ticket

Business Owner Joins Pro-Weed Legalization Grassroots Party Ticket
File - In this March 28, 2011, file photo shows a marijuana plant, in Portland, Ore. Medical marijuana advocates have a message for Democratic leaders and federal prosecutors with an eye on political office: Dont mess with pot. Pushing back against the Obama administrations crackdown on state medical marijuana programs, one of the nations largest pro-pot groups is claiming credit for the defeat of a former federal prosecutor in the Democratic primary for Oregon attorney general. As interim U.S. attorney, Dwight Holton called Oregons medical marijuana law a train wreck and oversaw efforts to crack down on pot shops and marijuana gardens that claim to be operating under the state law. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
File - In this March 28, 2011, file photo shows a marijuana plant, in Portland, Ore. Medical marijuana advocates have a message for Democratic leaders and federal prosecutors with an eye on political office: Dont mess with pot. Pushing back against the Obama administrations crackdown on state medical marijuana programs, one of the nations largest pro-pot groups is claiming credit for the defeat of a former federal prosecutor in the Democratic primary for Oregon attorney general. As interim U.S. attorney, Dwight Holton called Oregons medical marijuana law a train wreck and oversaw efforts to crack down on pot shops and marijuana gardens that claim to be operating under the state law. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

ST. PAUL -- The owner of a Duluth store that police have targeted for allegedly selling synthetic drugs is running for president.

The Grassroots Party, which mostly supports legalizing marijuana, Monday filed paperwork to place Jim Carlson's name on the Minnesota ballot.

Grassroots officials said they presented more than 2,700 signatures on a petition to the Minnesota secretary of state's office. If the signatures are validated, Carlson will be on the Nov. 6 ballot.

His vice presidential candidate is George McMahon, a Livermore, Iowa, resident who has testified at Minnesota legislative hearings in favor of legalizing marijuana. He was the Independent Grassroots Party vice presidential candidate in 1996.

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