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Tim Pugmire

IP’s Nicollet loses public money for governor run

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The Independence Party’s candidate for governor has failed to qualify for the state’s public campaign subsidy.

Hannah Nicollet fell well short of the $35,000 fundraising threshold that a major-party gubernatorial candidate needed in order to collect a $178,000 state subsidy. The IP share will now be split between the DFL and Republican nominees for governor, if both have signed the public subsidy agreement. Republican Scott Honour is not abiding by that spending limit.

Nicollet, a first-time candidate for office, said she raised a little over $16,000 from more than 300 donors. She said she’ll continue working to build grassroots support for her campaign.

“To me it’s not all about money anyway,” Nicollet said. “It just means that we won’t be able to pay for the advertising. It will have to be that our message resonates with people enough that they’re willing to share it. So that’s what I’m shooting for.”

The Independence Party endorsed Nicollet to run for governor in May at its state convention. She had previously been seeking the party’s backing to run for U.S. Senate.