Political Activism
In 2000 Shores started the Gulf War Illness Awareness Ride where he rode in his wheelchair from Moorhead, Minnesota to St. Paul Minnesota to raise public awareness of the syndrome and to speak with Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura and United States Senator Paul Wellstone. The trip had to be delayed after he was hit by a garbage truck and broke a toe while on the way to St. Paul.
An alumnus of Minnesota State University Moorhead, he was the leader of the campus chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws from 2001 to 2004.
In 2001 Shores ran for mayor of the City of Moorhead on a platform that was similar to the Green Party, although the elections are non-partisan. He received 55 votes in that election. On September 14, 2005, Shores started his second campaign to run for the Mayor of Moorhead, Minnesota and ran a much more active campaign, including a free concert featuring Wookiefoot and received over 700 votes, but failed to defeat incumbent Mark Voxland.
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