Subd. 1. Form of affidavit.

An affidavit of candidacy shall state the name of the office sought and shall state that the candidate:

1. (a) is an eligible voter;
2. (b) has no other affidavit on file as a candidate for any other office at the same primary or next ensuing general election, except that a candidate for soil and water conservation district supervisor in a district not located in whole or in part in Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, or Washington county, may also have on file an affidavit of candidacy for mayor or council member of a statutory or home rule charter city of not more than 2,500 population contained in whole or in part in the soil and water conservation district or for town supervisor in a town of not more than 2,500 population contained in whole or in part in the soil and water conservation district;
3. (c) is, or will be on assuming the office, 21 years of age or more, and will have maintained residence in the district from which the candidate seeks election for 30 days before the general election; and

4. (d) accepts the nomination, if nominated by petition.

   An affidavit of candidacy must include a statement that the candidate's name as written on the affidavit for ballot designation is the candidate's true name or the name by which the candidate is commonly and generally known in the community.

   An affidavit of candidacy for partisan office shall also state the name of the candidate's political party or political principle, stated in three words or less.

   A candidate seeking the simultaneous nomination of a major political party and one or more minor political parties shall include the consent forms from the party chairs required by section 204B.04, subdivision 2a, with the affidavit of candidacy.

Subd. 1a. Presidential primary affidavit.

An affidavit of candidacy for the presidential primary must include the candidate's name, address, office sought, and the candidate's political party or principal in three words or less. The affidavit must include a statement that the candidate satisfies the federal constitutional requirements for holding office.

Subd. 2. Major party candidates.

A candidate who seeks the nomination of a major political party for a partisan office shall state on the affidavit of candidacy that the candidate either participated in that party's most recent precinct caucus or intends to vote for a majority of that party's candidates at the next ensuing general election.

Subd. 3.

Repealed, 1983 c 253 s 26

Subd. 4. Particular offices.

Candidates who seek nomination for the following offices shall state the following additional information on the affidavit:

1. (a) for United States senator, that the candidate will be 30 years of age or older and a citizen of the United States for not less than nine years on the next January 3 or, in the case of an election to fill a vacancy, within 21 days after the special election;
2. (b) for United States representative, that the candidate will be 25 years of age or older and a citizen of the United States for not less than seven years on the next January 3 or, in the case of an election to fill a vacancy, within 21 days after the special election;
3. (c) for governor or lieutenant governor, that on the first Monday of the next January the candidate will be 25 years of age or older and, on the day of the state general election, a resident of Minnesota for not less than one year;
4. (d) for supreme court justice, court of appeals judge, or district court judge, that the candidate is learned in the law;
5. (e) for county, municipal, school district, or special district office, that the candidate meets any other qualifications for that office prescribed by law;
6. (f) for senator or representative in the legislature, that on the day of the general or special election to fill the office the candidate will have resided not less than one year in the state and not less than six months in the legislative district from which the candidate seeks election.

Subd. 5. United States senator; two candidates at same election.

When two candidates are to be elected United States senators from this state at the same election, each individual filing for the nomination shall state in the affidavit of candidacy the term for which the individual desires to be a candidate, by stating the date of the expiration of the term.

Subd. 6. Judicial candidates; designation of term.

An individual who files as a candidate for the office of chief justice or associate justice of the supreme court, judge of the court of appeals, or judge of the district court shall state in the affidavit of candidacy the office of the particular justice or judge for which the individual is a candidate. The individual shall be a candidate only for the office identified in the affidavit. Each justice of the supreme court and each court of appeals and district court judge is deemed to hold a separate nonpartisan office.

Subd. 7. Governor and lieutenant governor.

An individual who files as a candidate for governor or lieutenant governor shall file the affidavit of candidacy jointly with the affidavit of another individual who seeks nomination as a candidate for the other office.

Subd. 8. Proof of eligibility.

A candidate for judicial office or for the office of county attorney shall submit with the affidavit of candidacy proof that the candidate is licensed to practice law in this state.

A candidate for county sheriff shall submit with the affidavit of candidacy proof of licensure as a peace officer in this state.

* NOTE: The amendments to this section by Laws 1996, chapter *419, are suspended during any time that the decision of the *eighth circuit court of appeals in Twin Cities Area New Party v. *McKenna, No. 94-3417MN, is stayed or the mandate of the court is *recalled. If the McKenna decision is reversed, the amendments *to this section expire and the prior law is revived. Laws 1996, *chapter 419, section 10.