Sue Jeffers

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Sue Jeffers (born October 3, 1956) is a small business owner and former candidate for Governor of Minnesota. Jeffers challenged incumbent Tim Pawlenty for the Republican Party nomination in the 2006 Minnesota gubernatorial election, after declining endorsement from the Libertarian Party of Minnesota. The Republican Party of Minnesota declined to consider her endorsement at the 2006 State Convention, citing her previous affiliations with the Libertarian Party of Minnesota

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Jeffers was born in Iowa City, Iowa, and grew up in Mankato, Minnesota and Richfield. She lives in New Brighton, and has owned the Stub and Herbs Restaurant near the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis since 1979. Jeffers has been a proponent for lower taxes and property rights, and led a successful effort to revise Hennepin County's smoking ban.