By Bill Morgan, Staff Writer

 

Fitting the recent Independence Day Holiday, the campaign of Myron Arthur Wilson formally announces his Independent bid for the Minnesota House District 15B seat. 

 

This initiative comes after more than 40 years of involvement in Minnesota party politics for the Orrock native. 

 

Wilson has been a Republican for years, but he's “never been a party insider.” he said. “It is time to reclaim our independence.”

 

Wilson will be vying for the House 15B seat as an Independent candidate to challenge Republican endorsed candidate Shane Mekeland and the Democrat candidate who wins the Aug. 14 primary, Jessica Filiaggi or the DFL endorsed Karla Scapanski. 

 

Wilson feels Minnesota politics are just as much in need of reform as is Washington D.C. 

 

“All politics need to be brought back to representing the people,” he said. “We can no longer afford the elite political class and their lobbyist money that controls them and us.”

 

Among his most ambitious initiatives are term limits and to expose and end excessive special interest money influence in the legislature. Wilson would also like to see long overdue reform and improvement in education, healthcare, small business, and the farming sectors. 

 

“If we follow the money, it becomes obvious why our elected leaders do not walk their talk.” Wilson said.

 

Wilson, 65, has served on a school board and he's retired from work in law enforcement, including time as a Minnesota State Patrol trooper. He now raises show chickens and turkeys on a small farm, the same one he grew up on near Zimmerman. 

 

District 15B stretches from Clearwater and Becker to Foley and Rice.