Roland Clifford Riemers was born on May 15,1943 and is an American perennial candidate best known for winning the 1996 North Dakota Democratic presidential primary.
17 Facts About Roland Riemers
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Roland Riemers attended San Antonio College, received his AS in nursing from Anoka-Ramsey Community College in 1973, his BS in industrial technology from the University of North Dakota in 1984, and attended but did not graduate from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1998 and 1999.
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Roland Riemers was an early adopter of solar energy, and in the 1970s built and lived in the first completely solar-powered home in the northern United States.
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Roland Riemers made his first bid for office in 1970 for District 40 of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
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Roland Riemers ran as a Republican for Minnesota's 5th congressional district in 1972.
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Roland Riemers lost to Allen Davisson in the Republican primary, who went on to lose the general election to incumbent Democrat Donald M Fraser.
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Roland Riemers then ran for the United States Senate in the 1976 election and placed fourth in the Republican primary.
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Later in 1996, Roland Riemers ran as a Libertarian for District 33 of the North Dakota House of Representatives.
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Roland Riemers lost independent bids for Governor of North Dakota in 2004 and 2012 and US Senate in 2006.
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Roland Riemers served as chair of the Libertarian Party of North Dakota from 2011 until 2015.
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In 2018, Roland Riemers again ran for Secretary of State, but was unable to make it onto the ballot and launched a write-in campaign for North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner instead.
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Roland Riemers ran for the US House of Representatives in 2020 as a Democrat.
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Roland Riemers opposed Donald Trump's presidency and branded himself as a "dump-the-Trump" candidate.
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Roland Riemers opposes increased gun control and supports repealing the Patriot Act.
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Roland Riemers favors repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Roland Riemers opposed the CARES Act, the $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill designed to combat the economic conditions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In May 2017, Roland Riemers was charged with domestic assault after allegedly striking his wife, Meixiang Liu.