Doug Friedline

Friedline worked exclusively with independent and third-party candidates with the goal of breaking the two party oligopoly in American politics.

Friedline gained most of his notoriety during the 1998 election of his home state in which he helped then professional wrestler Jesse Ventura become governor of Minnesota.

Friedline used similar tactics again in the 2006 Florida Election when he masterminded a multimedia blitz for Reform Party candidate Max Linn.

Television, internet, and newspaper spots featured Linn as a classic cartoon hero in the vein of Superman battling various incarnations of Republican candidate (and now governor) Charlie Crist.

Friedline was found dead in his rented apartment just days after the completion of the Max Linn campaign in St. Petersburg, Florida, in November 2006.