Socialist Party of Minnesota
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The Central and Eastern Minnesota Socialist Party, also known as the Socialist Party of Minnesota, is a local chapter of the Socialist Party USA
in the U.S. state
of Minnesota
. The SP-MN was founded by transposed charter members of the Denver local of the Socialist Party Colorado (SPCO) shortly after Denver was host to the Western Regional Organizing Conference for the party in 2002, as well as the National Convention for the youth affiliate of the SP-USA, the Young People's Socialist League
(YPSL) in 2003. Members of the SP-MN petitioned for ballot access in the 2008 U.S. presidential election to show their support of the official presidential candidates of the SP-USA. Brian Patrick Moore and Stewart Alexander
were write-in candidates on the Minnesota ballot for the 2008 election.
Socialist Party USA
The Socialist Party USA is a multi-tendency democratic-socialist party in the United States. The party states that it is the rightful continuation and successor to the tradition of the Socialist Party of America, which had lasted from 1901 to 1972.The party is officially committed to left-wing...
in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. The SP-MN was founded by transposed charter members of the Denver local of the Socialist Party Colorado (SPCO) shortly after Denver was host to the Western Regional Organizing Conference for the party in 2002, as well as the National Convention for the youth affiliate of the SP-USA, the Young People's Socialist League
Young People's Socialist League
The Young People's Socialist League , founded in 1989, is the official youth arm of the Socialist Party USA. The group's membership consists of those democratic socialists under the age of 30, and its political activities tend to concentrate on increasing the voter turnout of young democratic...
(YPSL) in 2003. Members of the SP-MN petitioned for ballot access in the 2008 U.S. presidential election to show their support of the official presidential candidates of the SP-USA. Brian Patrick Moore and Stewart Alexander
Stewart Alexander (politician)
Stewart Alexis Alexander is an American democratic socialist politician, presidential nominee for the Socialist Party USA in the 2012 election., and former SPUSA nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2008 election....
were write-in candidates on the Minnesota ballot for the 2008 election.