The Star Tribune reported that it obtained a voicemail that Weeks left for his friend, Joey Hudson, four weeks before Weeks died last month.
“There are not that many third-party candidates running, and if you look at where they're running it's disproportionately in some of the most competitive districts in Minnesota,” Evans said.
“Running fake candidates to trick people out of their votes is a new low and shows how desperate Minnesota Republicans are,” Evans said.
“The efforts of the marijuana legalization parties has been hijacked by Republican operatives seeking to game the system,” they said.
Two years later, without a third-party candidate, Craig beat the same Republican by 5 points in a rematch.