Alice Tripp

Alice Raattama Tripp was born on August 22, 1918, in Nashwauk, Minnesota to Finnish and Swedish immigrant, Republican parents. She attended Hibbing Junior College where she fell in love with her chemistry lab partner, John Tripp. The couple married in 1942 after Tripp graduated from Lawrence College. In order to gain publicity, she performed stunts such as presenting an armed state trooper with flowers and throwing snow into a cement truck to delay construction. Tripp was a member of the National People's Action group. The CU Powerline became fully operational in August 1979. She was married to her husband until he died of a heart-irregularity in 2005. == Political campaigns ==

1978 gubernatorial campaign A leftist, Tripp ran for Governor of Minnesota in the 1978 election as a primary challenger to incumbent governor Rudy Perpich as part of her anti-power line activism, she received a total of 19.96%, performing well in rural areas and winning over 97,000 thousand votes despite spending only $5,000 on her campaign. Her running mate was Carleton College physics professor, Mike Casper. 1980 presidential campaign In 1980, Tripp ran for President of the United States in the Democratic Party primary in order to garner support for the anti-power line movement. She received votes of two delegates at the convention. == References ==