Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey threw himself into the race for Minnesota governor on January 13, 2006. His "coming out" to the media as a Hecate Witch, Satanic Dark Priest and Sanguinary Vampire grabbed international attention, and his candidacy marked the beginning of the largest amount of media coverage ever given to an unknown third party candidate running for governor in American history.

• Tucker Carlson
• Julie Sharkey Carpenter
• Brian Dickson
• Tina Fey
• Lourdes Flash
• Paul Hale
• Juliet Huddy
• Mike Jerrick