What makes Robert Fitzgerald run?

Senate endorsee
Robert Fitzgerald, 29, shown at the Independence Party convention last June. The Constitution requires senators to be at least 30 old. Fitzgerald will turn 30 after the election, but before he would be sworn in if elected.
MPR File Photo/Laura McCallum

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