Immelman to challenge Anderson for 6th District Independence Party endorsement
Friday, April 16, 2010 at 1:45 pm
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Aubrey Immelman, a political psychology professor at St. John’s University, says he’ll challenge Bob Anderson for the Independence Party endorsement to take on Rep. Michele Bachmann in November. Immelman unsuccessfully ran against Bachmann in the Republican primary in 2008, and Anderson ran as an unendorsed independent in the general election in 2008, garnering around 10 percent of the vote
Immelman told the Minnesota Independent on Friday that he’ll submit his name for consideration at the Independence Party convention on Saturday.
“I’ll have a clearer picture about my options to help defeat Bachmann after tomorrow’s 6th District Independence Party nominating convention, where I’ll be offering delegates a choice between myself and Bob Anderson.”
Immelman says he has a better shot at drawing votes from independents who lean toward Bachmann.
“My efforts are presently directed to achieving that objective by targeting my messaging to the large independent constituency in the 6th District, the majority of which currently leans Bachmann.”
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Comment posted April 18, 2010 @ 9:33 am
The IP went for the jackass instead:
http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/2010/04/bob-anderson-wins-6-cd-ip-endorsement.html
Comment posted April 18, 2010 @ 2:13 pm
There’s a real surprise. The IP can have the Democrat “donkey” symbol to represent their followers. The Democrats should really take on the elephant since it’s just like the Republican Party now anyway. The new Tea Party fka Republican party should have a new symbol, like the hyena or the jackal.
Comment posted April 18, 2010 @ 7:43 pm
Karl: I give Bob Anderson credit for doing his homework and lining up enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
I managed to reach about 20 of the approximately 30 delegates and alternates on the phone Thursday and Friday night ahead of Saturday’s Independence Party nominating convention, but it was clear that most of those planning to attend already had their minds made up. Not one of the individuals on the delegate list offered me a pledge of support.
In the end, it came down to 13 seated delegates (two of whom were Anderson and Immelman), with 8 votes required to win the endorsement. Facing certain defeat, I withdrew my nomination, making Anderson the unanimous choice of the convention.
See link below for a photo and my initial convention report:
http://www.immelman.us/news/republican-radicalization-threat/
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