GOP links with legal weed candidates in spotlight again after FOX 9 investigation
A candidate says he was tricked into running by a Republican strategist, FOX 9 found.
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involves Kevin NeSe Shores, who is blind, disabled and suffers from Gulf War Illness. Shores told FOX 9 he got an unsolicited call in June 2020 encouraging him to run as a candidate for the Grassroots Legalize Cannabis Party against Democrat Collin Peterson for Minnesota s District 7 seat. It wasn t until after the 2020 election that Shores learned Kip Christenson, the person who allegedly encouraged him to run for office and paid his $300 candidate filing fee, was a Republican strategist who was then working for the Republican National Committee (RNC), FOX 9 reports.