KEEP THE SEAT. SEND JACKSON.
Minnesota’s Fifth District should not have to choose between preserving its influence in Congress and electing a representative who better reflects its people. In this race, we can do both.
If elected, I will remain an Independent and intend to caucus with House Democrats for organizational purposes, including the committee-assignment process. Committees are where members examine legislation more closely, conduct oversight, and help determine what reaches the House floor. Caucusing would allow me to participate fully in that work without surrendering my independent judgment or becoming controlled by a political party.
The distinction is already familiar. Bernie Sanders is elected as an Independent and caucuses with Senate Democrats for organizational purposes. The chamber is different, but the principle is clear: an Independent can work within the institution without giving up an independent political identity.
That is the meaning of KEEP THE SEAT. SEND JACKSON.
Keep the district’s place, access, and influence in Congress. Send a new voice, one free to work with others, challenge party power, and answer first to the people of Minnesota’s Fifth District.
The "Win Every Vote Campaign" exists to remove the idea that voters must support the candidate they are told is safest instead of the candidate they believe should represent them. In this historically secure district, your Independent vote is safe, consequential, and yours to cast with confidence.
This is not about asking only:
Who is expected to win?
It is about asking the question representative government actually places before you:
Who should represent me?
If your answer is Jackson, hesitation should not cast your vote for someone else. Every vote strengthens this campaign. Every vote makes our position clearer. Every vote carries us closer to Washington.
And the district’s own election history shows why you can cast that vote with confidence.
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Minnesota's 5th District
Electoral Safety
- In both 2022 and 2024, roughly 3 out of every 4 votes cast for the two named candidates went to the DFL nominee. The Republican nominee received roughly 1 out of 4. Each race produced a margin of approximately 50 percentage points. That pattern predates the current officeholder. No Republican has won the Fifth District seat since Walter Judd’s final victory in 1960. He lost reelection in 1962, and the district has elected DFL representation ever since. Minnesota’s Fifth District is historically secure. Its recent general-election results show a margin wide enough for meaningful support to move toward Jackson without automatically causing the seat to flip to the Republican Party, the district’s longstanding opposition party in general elections. The roughly 50-point gap is what creates that electoral safety. It leaves substantial room for voters to support Jackson while the Republican nominee remains well behind. A growing vote for Jackson does not erase the considerable distance the competing party would still have to overcome. This gives voters room to consider Jackson without treating every vote he earns as movement toward a party flip. The district’s recent margins allow support to move toward Jackson without bringing the contesting party close to the lead. For Republican-leaning voters who want a different representative, the same history shows that repeating the usual party-line contest has not produced a competitive path. Supporting Jackson gives those voters a meaningful voice in who represents the district, rather than leaving that voice confined to a party line that has repeatedly fallen far short. The two elections below establish the district’s recent baseline. The sections that follow after show what that baseline means as Independent support begins to grow.
2024 Congressional Election
2022 Congressional Election
What a Vote for this INDEPENDENT means...
This district can send a voice as large as its own.
The district’s history establishes the electoral room. The illustrations that follow will show what voters can do with it.
Jackson is not running as an Independent to split the difference between two parties. He is running as an authentic Independent, faithful to the constitutional institution and free from the political establishments that have come to control access to it.
The Constitution created a House of Representatives. It did not assign the people’s judgment to permanent party ownership. The seat belongs to the district, and the district decides who should hold it.
A vote for Jackson is not a protest, a placeholder, or an indirect vote for somebody else. It adds to Jackson’s total. It strengthens Jackson’s position. It moves Jackson closer to Washington.
A three-way ticket does not, by its nature, amount to a party flip. These illustrations show what happens as Jackson earns a greater share of the vote while the contesting party remains far from the lead.
At 20 percent, Jackson establishes substantial Independent momentum while the contesting party remains far behind the lead.
At 38.6 percent, Jackson takes the lead, while the contesting party remains nearly 15 points behind Jackson and nearly 14 points behind the Democratic nominee.
With majority support, Jackson earns a decisive mandate from the district.
A Jackson victory is not a conventional party flip. Jackson enters Congress as an Independent, caucuses with House Democrats for organizational purposes and committee assignments, and carries his priorities into Congress without surrendering them to party agendas or corporate loyalties.
Independent members are rare in the modern House. Electing Jackson sends one of its few Independent voices from one of the nation’s most politically significant districts, carrying an agenda formed through sustained study, disciplined discernment, and close attention to the constitutional and everyday pressures confronting the country.
Jackson brings the diligence, stamina, and independence of mind to carry that judgment into action and fight relentlessly for those priorities in Congress.
The Fifth District knows the difference between a celebrated player and one who delivers for the home team. A nickname, a squad label, or a run of headlines can manufacture a following, but it cannot substitute for what the district actually gains from its representative in Washington. This seat is not a permanent roster spot. It is up to the voters to decide who stays on the floor, and every two years that decision is made again, after the district has seen enough of the performance.
After nearly eight years under the same officeholder, voters are not being asked to erase anyone’s history. They are being asked to decide whether the next two years should look like the last eight, or whether the Fifth District deserves a stronger, steadier voice equal to its place in the country.
Jackson is running to carry a voice as large as the district itself.
If Jackson is the person you believe should represent you, there is no strategic value in voting against your own judgment. The only real loss is withholding the vote that could help send him to Washington.
Every vote is precious. Every vote moves the count.
Jackson is running to win every one.
Take a look...
Take a look...
Independent Momentum. No seat flip. w/a 20 Pt. Progression
A Competitive Independent. Still secure. w/a 38.6 Pt. Progression
VICTORY. Chasing EVERY VOTE. w/a 56 Pt. Progression
KEEP THE SEAT.
Keep the district’s place. Send the person who should hold it.
The illustrations make the central point clear. Support for Jackson can grow from substantial Independent momentum, to a winning share of the ticket, to a decisive majority without supposing a flip to the longstanding opposition party.
Voters do not have to choose between preserving the district’s place in Congress and voting for a person they believe should represent it. Sending Jackson does not surrender the political ground this district has consistently defended. It places that ground beneath an Independent voice free from party control.
To KEEP THE SEAT does not mean preserving it for a party or an officeholder. The seat belongs to Minnesota’s Fifth District. Keeping it means preserving the district’s voice, access, and standing in Congress, then strengthening them by sending Jackson, a fresh force prepared to bring the district’s full weight to bear in Washington.
That choice should not be surrendered to habit, party pressure, or uncertainty about how someone else may vote. It should be made by answering the question the election actually places before you:
Who should represent me?
If your answer is Jackson, then there is no strategic value in casting your vote against your own judgment. Every vote for Jackson strengthens his position, adds to the count, and moves this campaign closer to Washington.
The only loss is withholding the vote that could help send the person that you believe should represent Minnesota's 5th.
Know your district. Know your voice. Use your vote.
KEEP THE SEAT. SEND JACKSON.
Vulnerability within...
WHAT THE PRIMARIES REVEAL .
A party nomination is not the whole district’s decision. The Fifth District’s familiar general-election margins have concealed a much closer contest over who should actually represent it. In 2022, the incumbent survived the DFL primary by only 2.15 percentage points. In 2024, the same challenger again earned more than 42 percent, finishing 13.32 points behind. One result was nearly even; the other still showed SUBSTANTIAL support within the party for a different representative. A primary answers a narrow question: who will represent each party in the general election? Minnesota does not register voters by party, but its partisan primary ballot still requires voters to choose candidates from only one party. The primary therefore reflects the voters who participated in that particular party contest, not the judgment of the entire Fifth District. That system can test an incumbent without opening the decision to everyone at once. Once the primary ends, voters are often expected to return to familiar party lines, even when they had no part in choosing the nominee, or remain dissatisfied with the result. This year's general election will present a broader choice. Jackson reaches every voter without requiring anyone to enter a party contest, adopt a party identity, or accept a decision made within one party’s primary. The primaries selected party nominees. They should not settle who should represent Minnesota’s Fifth District on the basis of a political duopoly.
A party nomination is not the whole district’s decision. The Fifth District’s familiar general-election margins have concealed a much closer contest over who should actually represent it. In 2022, the incumbent survived the DFL primary by only 2.15 percentage points. In 2024, the same challenger again earned more than 42 percent, finishing 13.32 points behind. One result was nearly even; the other still showed SUBSTANTIAL support within the party for a different representative. A primary answers a narrow question: who will represent each party in the general election? Minnesota does not register voters by party, but its partisan primary ballot still requires voters to choose candidates from only one party. The primary therefore reflects the voters who participated in that particular party contest, not the judgment of the entire Fifth District. That system can test an incumbent without opening the decision to everyone at once. Once the primary ends, voters are often expected to return to familiar party lines, even when they had no part in choosing the nominee, or remain dissatisfied with the result. This year's general election will present a broader choice. Jackson reaches every voter without requiring anyone to enter a party contest, adopt a party identity, or accept a decision made within one party’s primary. The primaries selected party nominees. They should not settle who should represent Minnesota’s Fifth District on the basis of a political duopoly.
Jackson earned his place in this election so that the whole district could consider an Independent choice directly.
The Win Every Vote Campaign is not only an effort to collect votes. It is an effort to make sure voters understand the office, know their district, recognize the choices before them, and arrive ready to exercise the power that belongs to them.
Your vote does not belong to a party.
It does not belong to an officeholder.
It belongs to you.
This year, use it with purpose.
KEEP THE SEAT. SEND JACKSON.
Know your district. Know your choice. Be ready to vote.
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