Editing Jesse Ventura (section)

===Consideration of bids for other political offices===
[[File:Jesse Ventura in Los Angeles, July 2007 cropped.jpg|thumb|left|Ventura in 2007]]
While Ventura has not held public office since the end of his term as governor in 2003, he has remained politically active and occasionally hinted at running again for political office. In an April 7, 2008, interview on CNN's ''[[The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer|The Situation Room]]'', Ventura said he was considering entering the [[United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2008|race for]] the [[United States Senate]] seat then held by Norm Coleman, his Republican opponent in the 1998 gubernatorial race. A [[Minneapolis – Saint Paul|Twin Cities]] station [[KMSP-TV|Fox 9]] poll put him at 24%, behind Democratic candidate [[Al Franken]] at 32% and Coleman at 39% in a hypothetical three-way race. On ''[[Larry King Live]]'' on July 14, 2008, Ventura said he would not run, partly out of concern for his family's privacy.<ref>{{cite news |last=Falcone |first=Michael |title=Ventura Decides Against Senate Run |work=The Caucus |date=July 14, 2008 |url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/ventura-decides-against-senate-run/ |access-date=July 14, 2008 |archive-date=July 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730150502/https://archive.nytimes.com/thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/ventura-decides-against-senate-run/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Franken won the election by a very narrow margin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2009/06/30/9950/coleman-franken_senate_race_the_day_the_recount_ended_and_the_fight_turned_into_something_really_nice|title=Coleman-Franken Senate race: The day the recount ended and the fight turned into something really nice|access-date=March 11, 2021|work=Minnpost|date=June 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421190703/https://www.minnpost.com/stories/2009/06/30/9950/coleman-franken_senate_race_the_day_the_recount_ended_and_the_fight_turned_into_something_really_nice|archive-date=April 21, 2010}}</ref>

In his 1999 autobiography ''I Ain't Got Time to Bleed'', Ventura suggested that he did not plan to run for president of the United States but did not rule it out.<ref name=Principles/> In 2003, he expressed interest in running for president while accepting an award from the International Wrestling Institute and Museum in Newton, Iowa.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://classicwrestlingarticles.wordpress.com/2018/09/07/ventura-interested-in-running-for-president/|title=Ventura Interested in Running For President|date=September 7, 2018|work=Classic Wrestling Articles|access-date=September 14, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=July 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730141310/https://classicwrestlingarticles.wordpress.com/2018/09/07/ventura-interested-in-running-for-president/|url-status=live}}</ref> He spoke at Republican presidential candidate [[Ron Paul]]'s "[[Ron Paul's Rally for the Republic|Rally for the Republic]]", organized by the [[Campaign for Liberty]], on September 2, 2008, and implied a possible future run for president. At the end of his speech, Ventura announced if he saw that the public was willing to see a change in the direction of the country, then "in [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]] we'll give them a race they'll never forget!" In 2011, Ventura expressed interest in running with Ron Paul in the [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential election]] if Paul would run as an [[independent politician|independent]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Barr|first=Andy|title=Jesse Ventura wants to be Ron Paul's 2012 running mate|date=April 4, 2011|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/52516.html|publisher=Politico|access-date=October 2, 2011|archive-date=August 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810015831/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/52516.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 4, 2011, Ventura said at a press conference about the dismissal of his court case against the [[Transportation Security Administration]] for what he claimed were illegal searches of air travelers that he was "thinking about" running for president.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_19265340?source=rss| author=Emily Gurnon| title=Angry Jesse Ventura thinking about presidential run| publisher=TwinCities.com| date=November 4, 2011| access-date=November 10, 2011| archive-date=August 25, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825081020/http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_19265340?source=rss| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/11/04/judge-dismisses-venturas-lawsuit-over-tsa-pat-downs/|title=Ventura, Miffed Over Lawsuit, Says He's Off To Mexico|publisher=WCCO/AP|date=November 4, 2011|access-date=February 5, 2015|archive-date=January 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120165505/http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/11/04/judge-dismisses-venturas-lawsuit-over-tsa-pat-downs/|url-status=live}}</ref> Ventura was reportedly in talks with the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]] to run for president on its ticket, but party chairman Mark Hinkle said, "Jesse is more interested in 2016 than he is in 2012. But I think he's serious. If Ron Paul ran as a Libertarian, I think he definitely would be interested in running as a vice presidential candidate. He's thinking, 'If I run as the vice presidential candidate under Ron Paul in 2012, I could run as a presidential candidate in 2016'."<ref>{{cite web|last=Epstein|first=Reid J.|title=Gary Johnson eyes Libertarians, who eye Ventura|date=November 30, 2011 |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/69398.html|publisher=Politico|access-date=February 26, 2012}}</ref>

David Gewirtz of ZDNet wrote in a November 2011 article that he thought Ventura could win if he declared his intention to run at that point and ran a serious campaign, but that it would be a long shot.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.zdnet.com/topic/government/?pg=2| author=David Gewirtz| title=Is there any possible way Jesse Ventura could win the Presidency?| work=ZDNet| date=November 8, 2011| access-date=July 5, 2024| archive-date=July 30, 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730141306/https://www.zdnet.com/topic/government/?pg=2| url-status=live}}</ref>
In late 2015, Ventura publicly flirted with the idea of running for president in 2016 as a [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] but allowed his self-imposed deadline of May 1 to pass.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ventura|first1=Jesse|title=Why I'm voting for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson for president|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/13/jesse-ventura-why-im-voting-for-libertarian-candidate-gary-johnson-for-president-commentary.html|website=CNBC|access-date=July 13, 2016|date=July 13, 2016|archive-date=July 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713211214/http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/13/jesse-ventura-why-im-voting-for-libertarian-candidate-gary-johnson-for-president-commentary.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He also expressed an openness to be either [[Donald Trump]]'s or [[Bernie Sanders]]'s running mate in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |author=Daniella Diaz |title=Jesse Ventura hopes Trump considers him for VP |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/12/politics/donald-trump-jesse-ventura-roger-stone-vice-president/index.html |access-date=December 23, 2019 |work=CNNPolitics |date=August 13, 2015 |archive-date=July 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730141447/https://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/12/politics/donald-trump-jesse-ventura-roger-stone-vice-president/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Ventura tried to officially endorse Sanders but his endorsement was rejected.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jesse Ventura says Bernie Sanders politely but firmly declined his endorsement |url=https://theweek.com/speedreads/609396/jesse-ventura-says-bernie-sanders-politely-but-firmly-declined-endorsement |access-date=March 28, 2020 |work=theweek.com |date=February 29, 2016 |language=en |archive-date=July 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730141316/https://theweek.com/speedreads/609396/jesse-ventura-says-bernie-sanders-politely-but-firmly-declined-endorsement |url-status=live }}</ref> Ventura then endorsed former [[New Mexico]] Governor [[Gary Johnson]], the Libertarian nominee, saying, "Johnson is a very viable alternative" and "This is the year for a third-party candidate to rise if there ever was one."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ventura|first1=Jesse|title=Jesse Ventura: Why voters should listen to Gov. Gary Johnson|url=http://www.ora.tv/offthegrid/article/2016/6/1/jesse-ventura-why-voters-should-listen-to-gov-gary-johnson|website=Ora TV|access-date=June 28, 2016|archive-date=July 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703141543/http://www.ora.tv/offthegrid/article/2016/6/1/jesse-ventura-why-voters-should-listen-to-gov-gary-johnson|url-status=dead}}</ref> Despite this, he later claimed that he ultimately voted for [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]] nominee [[Jill Stein]].<ref>{{cite tweet |user=GovJVentura |author=Jesse Ventura |number=908846088290942977 |date=September 15, 2017 |title=Jesse Ventura Retweeted – Who said I voted for Trump? Not me. Look it up. I voted for @DrJillStein (to set the record straight) |access-date=October 6, 2019}}</ref>