Candidate, President of the United States, 2016

Candidate, Minnesota State Attorney General, 2014

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Minnesota, District 4, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998

Secretary, Grassroots Party of Minnesota, 1991-1994

No caucus information on file.

Financial Caseworker, Ramsey County Human Services, 1990-present

Treasurer, Legal Marijuana Now

Editor and Publisher, The Canvas, Grassroot Party's Quarterly Newsletter, 1991-1994

Manager, Shinder's Books & News, 1986-1990

Member, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

Member, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Local 151

Member, Green Panthers

Member, Parents Against D.A.R.E.

Favorite Quote:

"The meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit."
--Nelson Henderson

"Old pirates, yes, they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.

"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?
Some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fulfill the Book.

"Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs."
―Robert Marley

"I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass.
...I'm all out of bubble gum."
―Nada (Roddy Piper) / THEY LIVE