A DFL candidate for Minnesota Senate has suspended his campaign after a former classmate publicly accused him of sending her an unsolicited sexually explicit photo in the form of a “dick pic.”
Max Glenna confirmed the decision Monday in a statement to Alpha News, writing: “I have suspended my campaign for the Minnesota Senate and will not be commenting further.”
Glenna was running for Senate District 28, which covers portions of Chisago and Isanti counties, against Republican incumbent Sen. Mark Koran.
That came after Ashley Bronson, a former classmate of Glenna’s, made a Facebook post accusing him of sending her the unsolicited photo of his penis.
Bronson said she attended school with Glenna from kindergarten through graduation, but the two weren’t in the same friend group and rarely spoke. However, it appears that didn’t stop Glenna from popping up on her Snapchat in 2024.
“I can’t say that I know a whole lot in the game of politics, but I DO know that he sent me an unsolicited dick picture in 2024 via Snapchat,” Bronson wrote. “No conversation before, just a picture.”
Bronson apparently confronted Glenna afterward on Facebook Messenger and publicly posted a screenshot of their conversation.
“Do you want to give me any sort of explanation as to why you sent me an unsolicited dick pic today??? You are aware that I’m married, right?” Bronson wrote.
An account bearing Glenna’s name responded the next morning.
“Sorry, no I didn’t know that. I shouldn’t have sent you it in the first place but knowing you’re married absolutely would have stopped me,” the message reads.
Bronson responded that her marital status wasn’t the point.
“It shouldn’t matter if I’m married or not, you shouldn’t send it unless it’s requested,” she wrote. “PS, girls hate that shit. Knock it off.”
The account apologized again.
“Yeah that has become clear to me. I made the wrong decision. I’m sorry again for the undeserved stress due to my actions Ashley,” the message reads.
‘Regular people who know we can do better’
Glenna introduced himself to voters earlier this year as a Shafer native, Chisago Lakes High School graduate and engineer with no political background.
“I’m running because I’m sick and tired of politics,” Glenna wrote in a candidate profile published by the Isanti-Chisago County Star.
He said he was running to lower property taxes and increase state funding for schools and counties, arguing that politicians on both sides had failed their constituents.
“I’m a guy who’s tired of watching our problems get ignored, and I’m willing to work hard to fix them,” Glenna said.
He closed his pitch by saying problems are fixed by “regular people who know we can do better.”
After Bronson spotted Glenna’s campaign billboard in Forest Lake, she decided to tell voters about their 2024 exchange.
“I might not know a whole lot about politics, but I do know that he had the ability to NOT send it, and still chose to do so,” she wrote. “Do we really need ANOTHER man that doesn’t know right from wrong (especially in consent) running for office?” Bronson continued. “I’ll let you be the judge of that.”
She ended with a question:
“What say you, Max?”
Max now says his campaign is over.
Jenna Gloeb
Jenna Gloeb is an Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist, media producer, public speaker, and screenwriter. Most recently, she worked as a reporter and on-air host for CCX Media. Jenna is a Minnesota native and resides in the Twin Cities with her husband, son, daughter, and two dogs.
