Fellow Minnesotans—farmers getting squeezed by the same grift that’s been looting your land and your taxes, working families tired of watching their paycheck vanish into nonprofit scams and DFL-connected rackets, veterans who took an oath to this constitutional republic, and believers who know public office should fear God and serve the people instead of the syndicate—pay attention.
The Minnesota Republican Party posted the statewide candidate questionnaires on May 28th. That’s a good first step toward sunlight. But let’s cut through the fog: most of the real “vetting” still happens behind closed doors in nominations committee meetings run by insiders who, far too often, are completely disconnected from the average Minnesotan grinding it out in Worthington, Grand Rapids, or the suburbs.
Case in point: On May 27th the Nominations Committee sent me their official letter. They rated me “QUALIFIED WITH RESERVATIONS”—the ONLY reason listed? “Determination due to not abiding by the endorsement.”
Exactly what I’ve been warning about for over a year.
Watch the short I dropped on this exact hypocrisy months ago: https://youtube.com/shorts/0fkI9bal6nk. The loudest voices in the Republican political class and donor class screaming “honor the endorsement process” are the same ones who have repeatedly funneled money into primary challenges against the party’s own endorsed candidates—Scott Jensen, Royce White, Jeff Johnson, Jeremy Munson, Mark Koran, and many others. They’ll do it again in 2026. Rules for thee, but not for me. That’s not a party principle; that’s gatekeeper theater.
I didn’t hide from any of it. I recorded the entire nominations committee interview on May 21st and posted it unedited for every Minnesotan to see: https://youtu.be/wBYDDxlGwqo. No spin, no cherry-picked clips—just straight answers.
Here are the exact written responses I submitted (signed May 14, 2026). You—the 3.7 million voters—get to read them in full and judge for yourself.
1. Large-scale management, accountability, crisis leadership:
“As Executive Administrator at Divine Mercy Catholic Church and School (2018–present), I oversee all operations for a $4.3 million nonprofit… currently managing a $15.7 million school expansion project while enforcing strict fiscal discipline…
Previously, as Principal… $1.7 million budget and $1.3 million building expansion…
For 21 years as a U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander in Intelligence, I led watch teams… multi-million-dollar budgets… held department heads and watch officers strictly accountable… no excuses, no cover-ups.
In 2017–2018 I publicly exposed massive Minnesota daycare fraud networks looting millions… Facing death threats, bureaucratic stonewalling, and media attacks, I documented the schemes, forced audits, and maintained relentless pressure until the networks felt real consequences.” (192 words)
2. Alignment with MNGOP Platform:
“My personal beliefs align strongly with the platform… sanctity of life, parental rights, election integrity, fiscal responsibility, and limited government. Where I push harder is on the core mission: treating the interlocking political, nonprofit, corporate, and street-level racketeering networks as the organized crime syndicate they are… No daylight on the fundamentals, just a sharper blade on enforcement.” (112 words)
3. Commitment to the endorsement process:
“My team and I have met all requirements to be on the state convention ballot… However, consistent with the Expanded Park Rapids Pledge and my February open letter… we will not constrain ourselves to the state convention of the Republican Party of Minnesota. That process does not speak for the 3.7 million Minnesota voters.
After careful prayer and reflection, I have concluded that the current convention process has become overly burdensome, diverts critical resources away from the voters, and has too often been influenced by gatekeeper dynamics, pay-to-play elements, and donor-driven maneuvering rather than pure grassroots will. The proper path for 2026 is to take our case directly to the people of Minnesota in the August 11 primary…
Should the primary produce a different nominee, I will support that candidate fully in the general election against Amy Klobuchar and the syndicate she enables. My focus remains on restoring our constitutional republic, not on internal party theater.” (214 words)
4. Campaign finances: Cash on hand as of May 1, 2026: $5,000. Zero debts. Grassroots-funded. Deliberately not in the Public Campaign Financing program. “No corporate PAC capture. This race will be won by making the guilty sweat and giving normal Minnesotans a reason to fight.” (162 words)
5. Legacy if elected: “Dismantling the criminal networks—political, nonprofit, corporate, and street-level—that have been systematically looting and rigging Minnesota. Restoring rule of law, genuine election integrity that actually counts legal votes, parental rights, and an economy where farmers, workers, and families keep what they earn. A state where public employees serve the people, not the other way around. A Minnesota that once again feels like home for law-abiding citizens who love this land and fear God. That’s the legacy.” (89 words)
6. Strengthening the whole ticket: “My campaign is built as a wrecking ball against the DFL machine. Every fraud I expose… lifts every Republican down-ballot… We win as a team by making Minnesota ungovernable for the syndicate and governable again for the people.” (92 words)
This is who I am: Navy intelligence veteran, church administrator, fraud whistleblower, father, farmer, and unapologetic fighter for the constitutional republic. I’m not here for insider approval or party theater. I’m here to dismantle the looting networks that have turned Minnesota into their personal ATM and hand the state back to the people who actually built it.
The delegates will do their job at the convention. But the real vetting—the one that actually matters—belongs to you. Read the questionnaire. Watch the full recorded interview and the hypocrisy short. Vet every candidate yourself. Don’t let gatekeepers decide your future.
We take this fight to the August 11 primary. The DFL syndicate and their enablers inside both parties are already sweating. Good. They should be.
Join at parrish4mn.com, follow @phillipcparrish on X, and let’s give law-abiding Minnesotans the governor who will make the guilty pay and the honest prosper.
For press: phillip@parrish4mn.com or 1 (612) 460-1717.
In Christ and for Minnesota,
Phillip C. Parrish
Candidate for Governor of Minnesota 2026
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