quite as well-informed as it would be good for them to be.” Later in June, 2022, Steinberg said in an interview that he was frustrated about having former Libertarian candidates running under the G—LC party banner. 2022 gubernatorial primary Minnesota G—LC Party held a gubernatorial primary on August 9, 2022, between Steve Patterson & Matt Huff and Darrell Paulsen & Ed Engelmann. Patterson was nominated by G—LC voters and defeated Paulsen, receiving 59% of the party's vote, to advance onto the November 8, 2022, state general election. Resuming minor party status The G—LC Party ran statewide candidates in 2020 and 2022 but none received 5% of votes required for major party ballot access in Minnesota. The party got enough votes, more than 1%, in the Minnesota State Auditor race, in 2022, to retain official minor party privileges, including state public funding. 2023 Minnesota Senate Public Safety Committee hearing Testifying in favor of Minnesota Senate File 73 to create a regulated commercial cannabis market, in front of the Public Safety Committee in January, 2023, that marijuana prohibition has not kept people from using the drug, but has "succeeded perhaps in terrorizing or intimidating citizens, in canceling civil liberties, blighting both urban and rural communities, all without eradicating the outlawed substance," said G—LC Party chair Steinberg. According to political scholar William Labovitch, Minnesota's marijuana political parties, G—LC and LMN, are the ones responsible for the DFL party championing SF 73. Electoral history Results in Minnesota state elections Results in Minnesota gubernatorial elections Results in federal elections See also Cannabis political parties of the United States References External links Pugmire, Tim (October 15, 2018) Third party AG candidate throws support to DFLer Ellison Minnesota Public Radio G—LC candidate Oliver Steinberg drops out of US Senate race to support Democratic incumbent YouTube 2014 in cannabis Cannabis political parties of the United States Cannabis in Minnesota Cannabis law reform organizations based in the United States 2014 establishments in Minnesota Political parties established in 2014 Political parties in Minnesota Regional and state political parties in the United States Political parties in the United States State and local socialist parties in the United States