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« Reply #150 on: April 07, 2016, 11:09:50 AM »
« edited: March 09, 2019, 07:15:04 PM by Lincoln Republican »

2004 Continued

Ralph Nader CT Independent Candidate for President U.S. See 1996

Peter Camejo CA  Independent Candidate for Vice President U.S. See 1976

Michael Badnarik TX Libertarian Party

Software engineer and former radio talk show host

Graduated Indiana University

2000 Libertarian Party candidate for Texas State Legislature, lost

2002 Libertarian Party candidate for Texas State Legislature, lost

Member of the Libertarian Free State Project

Feb 2003 Announced candidacy for Libertarian Party's Presidential nomination, and spent the following 18 months traveling the country, teaching a course on the United States Constitution to dozens of libertarian groups. He has written a book, Good To Be King: The Foundation of our Constitutional Freedom on the subject of constitutional law. The book was first self-published by Badnarik, but was released in hardcover in Oct 2004.

2004 Libertarian Party candidate for President U.S., lost to George W Bush

2006 Libertarian Party candidate for U.S. House of Representatives TX, lost

Delivered a keynote speech at the 2007 New Hampshire Liberty Forum, where he announced his endorsement for Ron Paul, U.S. Congressman from Texas, in the 2008 Presidential election

Apr 2007 Began hosting a talk radio program, Lighting the Fires of Liberty, on the We the People radio network. His final program aired on Oct 3, 2008.

Oct 2008 Began hosting a talk radio program, by the same title, on the Genesis Communications Network. His final program aired on Mar 20, 2009.

Nov 2009 Elected as one of three delegates from the State of Texas to attend the 2009 Continental Congress sponsored by the We The People Foundation, and subsequently elected parliamentary president of that body

Richard Campagna IA Libertarian Party

Has degrees from Brown University, B.A., New York University, M.A., St. John's University, J.D., and Columbia University, M.A., and a PhD from the American College of Metaphysical Theology

After graduation from Saint John's, he worked as lead counsel for the Motion Picture Association under movie mogul Jack Valenti

In addition to working as a lawyer, Campagna has been a psychologist, interpreter, college professor, and briefly owned and operated a specialty travel agency. He now works as a businessman, consultant, and attorney.

2002 Libertarian Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor IA, lost

Mid-2003 Became the first candidate to enter the race for the Libertarian Party's Vice Presidential nomination. The Libertarian Party chooses its Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees in convention on separate ballots.

2004 Libertarian Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Michael Badnarik, lost

Is an active proponent of existentialism
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« Reply #151 on: April 07, 2016, 11:10:18 AM »
« Edited: December 15, 2018, 11:41:57 AM by Lincoln Republican »

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Michael Peroutka MD Constitution Party


A graduate of Loyola College in Maryland and the University of Baltimore School of Law

Founder of the Institute on the Constitution

Held a position in the United States Department of Health and Human Services

Was the Chairman of the Constitution Party of MD and a member of the Executive Committee of the Constitution Party National Committee

2004 Constitution Party candidate for President U.S., lost to George W Bush

Endorsed by the America First Party and Alaskan Independence Party Peroutka. Was also endorsed by the League of the South and supported by a group called "Southerners for Peroutka".

2006 Voted in favor of disaffiliating the Independent American Party of Nevada from the Constitution Party

2006 Maryland Constitution Party disaffiliated from the national party along with other state parties following a schism at the national party's 2006 convention, in which it failed to disaffiliate the Nevada party despite its chairman and gubernatorial candidate's support for legal abortion in some cases. Peroutka stated "At this point I could not, in good faith, represent the Constitution Party nor endorse any of its candidates. Unless serious changes occur, I could not run for President in 2008."

Peroutka's supporters, however, collected enough signatures to get his name approved as a write-in candidate in Georgia for the 2008 Presidential election

Chuck Baldwin FL Democratic, Republican, Constitution Party

Attended Midwestern Baptist College in Pontiac, Michigan, for two years. Though he originally had planned on a career in law enforcement, Baldwin felt called to evangelistic ministry; he moved to the south, and enrolled in, and graduated with a Bible diploma from, the Thomas Road Bible Institute, now the Liberty Bible Institute at Liberty University. He then received his bachelor's and master's in theology through external programs from Christian Bible College of Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Has received two honorary doctor of divinity degrees, from Christian Bible College and from Trinity Baptist College in Jacksonville, Florida.

Jun 22 1975 Chuck and Connie Baldwin and four other individuals held the first meeting of what would become the Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida. Baldwin was the founding pastor. By 1985 the church had gone through repeated building programs and been recognized by President Ronald Reagan for its unusual growth and influence.

Until he became a Republican in 1980, Baldwin had been a registered Democrat

1980s As a Republican, was state chairman of the Florida Moral Majority

1980-1984 Served as Pensacola chairman and then state executive director of the Florida Moral Majority, organized by the Rev. Jerry Falwell of Lynchburg, Virginia

Helped carry the state of Florida twice for Reagan electors, he says he helped Falwell register some 50,000 Christian conservative voters

During the 2000 campaign of Republican George W. Bush for U.S. President, Baldwin left the Republican party on grounds that the Bush–Cheney ticket was too liberal and began a long period of criticism of Bush

Considered himself an independent affiliated with the Constitution Party
 
Baldwin endorsed U.S. Representative Ron Paul for the 2008 Republican nomination for President, and Paul in turn endorsed Baldwin for the Presidency in the 2008 general election

At about this time, began hosting a local daily one-hour current-events radio program, "Chuck Baldwin Live", which continues today nationwide on the Genesis Communications Network. He writes a semiweekly editorial column carried on its website, on VDare, Chuckbalwinlive.com, and in several newspapers.

He has also appeared on numerous television shows and radio shows, in churches across the country, and as the keynote speaker for the 50th anniversary of D-Day at Naval Air Station Pensacola

2004 Constitution Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Michael Peroutka, lost

Aug 30 2007 Wrote an informal endorsement for Ron Paul for the Republican Presidential nomination

A more formal endorsement of Paul came in a Dec video

2008 Constitution Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Barack Obama

Nov 2011 Republican Montana gubernatorial candidate Bob Fanning selected Chuck Baldwin as his running mate for Lieutenant Governor. Baldwin withdrew his candidacy Feb 12, 2012, several months before the June primary.

Jul 2012 Reform Party of the United States' Kansas affiliate nominated Baldwin as its Presidential candidate, though Andre Barnett was the national candidate

David Cobb TX Democratic, Green Party

1993 Graduated from the University of Houston Law School

After several years in private practice as a Houston, Texas attorney, became engaged in politics

1980s Campaigned for Democratic Presidential candidacies of Jesse Jackson and Jerry Brown. Those experiences left him disenchanted with and disaffected from the Democratic Party.

2000 Organized Green Party Presidential candidate Ralph Nader's Texas campaign. He coordinated a successful ballot access drive in the state. Concurrently, Cobb became Green Party of the United States General Counsel.

2002 Green Party candidate for Attorney General TX, lost

With the announcement in late December 2003 that Nader would not seek the Green Party nomination for President in 2004, Cobb became a front-runner for the nomination. On January 13, 2004, David Cobb won the first Green primary in the nation, that of the District of Columbia, beating local activist Sheila Bilyeu and several write-in candidates and gaining an early lead in the nomination scramble.

Nader eventually announced an independent campaign for President and sought the endorsement of the Green Party and other minor parties, his supporters continued to push for a Nader victory in the various Green Party primary elections in states across the country. Shortly before, the Green Party Presidential nominating convention, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in June 2004, Nader selected Green Party member Peter Camejo as his running mate. On June 26, on the second ballot, the convention selected Cobb as the Green presidential candidate - a process rocked by controversy as Nader had won the vast majority of actual Green Party votes in nearly all state primary elections. The party also nominated Pat LaMarche as its candidate for Vice President.

2004 Green Party candidate for President U.S., lost to George W Bush

After the 2004 election, Cobb and Libertarian nominee Michael Badnarik sought a recount of the Ohio vote and announced that they would challenge the 2004 presidential voting results in Ohio, even though neither challenger was claiming to have won the election, and even though Cobb had not even been on the ballot in Ohio. The challengers explained that it was an important matter of principle to make sure all the votes were counted accurately. They pointed to alleged voting irregularities.

Member of the Board of Directors for the Green Institute, and of the Sierra Club's national Corporate Accountability Committee, a Fellow with the Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution, on the Steering Committee of Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County, along with being the group's campaigns director, and is a Principal with Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy (POCLAD)

After moving to Eureka, California in 2003, Cobb also won a seat on the County Council of the Green Party of Humboldt County in a hotly contested election on June 6, 2006, a position he maintains. The membership of the Humboldt County Greens declined by over 25% during his time in office, and they currently hold no seats on any local City Council (which they continuously held from 1990 to 2008).

Is currently a spokesperson for Move to Amend

Pat LaMarche ME Green Party

Teacher, Activist, TV and radio personality

1982 Graduated Boston College

Graduated University of Amsterdam

Has taught Public Relations at Husson College's school of Communications and headed the Bangor chapter of the Children's Miracle Network

1998 Was approached to run for Governor of Maine on the Green Independent Party ticket. LaMarche led a respectable campaign that generated seven percent of the vote from a meager budget of approximately $20,000. She became the first woman in the history of the state of Maine to gain ballot access for a political party.

2004 Green Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with David Cobb, lost  

On Sep 5 2004 LaMarche announced that she would be visiting and staying overnight in homeless and domestic violence shelters throughout the United States "to draw attention to those living on the edge of society." The campaign dubbed this LaMarche's "Left-Out Tour." Left Out in America, LaMarche's book which chronicles her tour through American homeless shelters, was released on October 5, 2006, by.

Jul 4 2005 Elected one of seven co-chairs of the national committee of the Green Party

Dec 8 2005 Announced her candidacy on the Maine Green Independent Party ticket for the 2006 Maine gubernatorial election, lost

2007-2011 Authored a weekly syndicated column which can be read on line in the Bangor Daily News. Is also a Contributing Author for the online news and commentary site New Clear Vision as well as a contributor to the Huffington Post.

Along with her journalism, was Vice President of Safe Harbour, a homeless shelter based in Carlisle PA for several years

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« Reply #152 on: April 07, 2016, 11:10:51 AM »
« Edited: February 10, 2022, 11:50:46 AM by Lincoln Republican »

2008

Barack Obama IL Democratic


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Barack Obama is a very distant cousin of both Harry Truman and Dick Cheney. The three of them share a common ancestor in Mareen Duvall, a Huguenot, who fled from France to England in the 17th century in order to escape religious persecution. Duvall later settled in Maryland.

Son of Barack Obama Sr, Served as an economist in the Kenyan Ministry of Transport, later was promoted to senior economist in the Kenyan Ministry of Finance
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1979 Attended Occidental College Los Angeles, CA

Feb 1981 Made his first public speech, calling for Occidental to divest from South Africa in response to its policy of apartheid

Later 1981 Transferred as a junior to Columbia College, Columbia University, New York City, NY where he majored in political science with a specialty in international relations and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1983

Worked for a year at the Business International Corporation, then at the New York Public Interest Research Group

Jun 1985-May 1988 Hired in Chicago as director of the Developing Communities Project (DCP), a church-based community organization originally comprising eight Catholic parishes in Roseland, West Pullman, and Riverdale on Chicago's South Side. Worked there as a community organizer. Helped set up a job training program, a college preparatory tutoring program, and a tenants' rights organization in Altgeld Gardens. Worked as a consultant and instructor for the Gamaliel Foundation, a community organizing institute.

1988-1991 Harvard Law School

Selected as an editor of the Harvard Law Review at the end of his first year, and president of the journal in his second year

1991 Graduated Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor degree magna cum laude

Barack Obama was a classmate of Neil Gorsuch at Harvard Law School. Gorsuch would go on to become an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, nominated by President Donald Trump, and assuming office Apr 8 2017.

Obama's election as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review gained national media attention and led to a publishing contract and advance for a book about race relations, which evolved into a personal memoir

1991 Accepted a two-year position as Visiting Law and Government Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School to work on his first book, Dreams From My Father

Taught at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve years, as a Lecturer 1992-1996, and as a Senior Lecturer 1996-2004, teaching constitutional law

Apr 1992-Oct 1992 Directed Illinois's Project Vote, a voter registration campaign with ten staffers and seven hundred volunteer registrars. It achieved its goal of registering 150,000 of 400,000 unregistered African Americans in the state, leading Crain's Chicago Business to name Obama to its 1993 list of "40 under Forty" powers to be.

1993 Joined Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, a 13 attorney law firm specializing in civil rights litigation and neighborhood economic development, where he was an associate for three years 1993-1996, then as counsel 1996-2004

1994-2002 Served on the boards of directors of the Woods Fund of Chicago, which in 1985 had been the first foundation to fund the Developing Communities Project, and of the Joyce Foundation. Served on the board of directors of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge 1995-2002, as founding president and chairman of the board of directors 1995-1999

1996 Elected to Illinois State Senate,  succeeding Democratic State Senator Alice Palmer

Obama reelected 1998 and 2002

Jan 8 1997-Nov 4 2004 Illinois State Senate

2000 Lost Democratic primary for U.S. House of Representatives IL to four-term incumbent Bobby Rush

Jan 2003 Announced candidacy for U.S. Senate IL

Aug 8 2004 With 86 days to go before the general election, the Illinois Republican Party drafted Alan Keyes, from Maryland, to run against Democratic State Senator Barack Obama for the U.S. Senate, after the Republican nominee, Jack Ryan, withdrew from the election, and other potential draftees, most notably former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar and former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, declined to run

Nov 2, 2004 Elected U.S. Senate IL, defeating Republican Alan Keyes, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs

Nov 4 2004 Resigned from Illinois State Senate following election to U.S. Senate IL

Jan 3 2005-Nov 16 2008 U.S. Senate IL, resigning from U.S. Senate after election as President U.S.

Feb 10 2007 Announced candidacy for Democratic Party nomination for President U.S., won, defeating former First Lady U.S. and then current U.S. Senator NY Hillary Clinton

2008 Democratic Party candidate for President U.S., won
 
Nov 4 2008 Elected President U.S. First African American elected President U.S.  

Jan 20 2009 Sworn in as 44th President U.S.

2012 Re-nominated as Democratic Party candidate for President U.S.

Nov 6 2012 Reelected President U.S.

Jan 20 2009-Jan 20 2017 44th President U.S.

Post Presidency

Mar 2 2017 The John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum awarded the annual Profile in Courage Award to Obama

Apr 24 2017 In his first public appearance out of office, appeared at a seminar at the University of Chicago  

May 4 2017 Three days ahead of the French Presidential election, publicly endorsed Emmanuel Macron

May 25 2017 While in Berlin, made a joint public appearance with Chancellor Angela Merkel

May 27 2017 Traveled to Kensington Palace in England and met with Prince Harry

Jun 1 2017 After President Trump announced his withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement, Obama released a statement disagreeing with the choice

Jun 22 2017 After Senate Republicans revealed the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, their discussion draft of a health care bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, Obama released a Facebook post attacking the proposal

Sep 5 2017 After Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Obama released a Facebook post rebuking the decision

Sep 7 2017 Partnered with former Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H W Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W Bush to work with One America Appeal to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma in the Gulf Coast and Texas communities

Oct 31 2017 Hosted the inaugural summit of the Obama Foundation in Chicago

Nov 28 2017-Dec 2 2017 Went on an international trip visiting China, India, France

Aug 19 2020 Addresses Democratic National Convention in support of Joe Biden

First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama 2009-2017

Princeton University, majored in sociology and minored in African American studies, graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts 1985.

Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School 1988.

As First Lady, served as a role model for women and worked as an advocate for poverty awareness, education, nutrition, physical activity, and healthy eating. She supported American designers and was considered a fashion icon.

Aug 17 2020 Addresses Democratic National Convention in support of Joe Biden.

Joe Biden, DE, Democratic Party candidate for Vice President U.S. see 2020
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2008  Continued

John McCain AZ Republican

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Grandson of John Sidney McCain Sr, U.S. Navy Admiral

Son of John Sidney McCain Jr, U.S. Navy Admiral

Father of Meghan McCain, Columnist, author, former Fox News contributor, co-host of The View talk show

Father-in-law of Ben Domenech, Conservative writer, blogger, television commentator, founder and publisher of The Federalist, host of The Federalist Radio Hour, writes The Transom, a daily subscription newsletter for political insiders, co-founded the RedState group blog

Former managing editor for health care policy at The Heartland Institute, former editor-in-chief of The City,  created and hosted a daily free market podcast, Coffee and Markets, hired as a blogger by The Washington Post, but resigned three days later after accusations of plagiarism in prior work

Domenech is married to Meghan McCain, daughter of John McCain
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1958 Graduated from United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD

1958-1981 United States Navy, Captain, served in Vietnam War
1967-1973 Prisoner of war in Vietnam

1973-1974 Attended the National War College at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C.

1974 Having been rehabilitated had his flight status reinstated

1976 Became commanding officer of a training squadron stationed in Florida. He improved the unit's flight readiness and safety records, and won the squadron its first ever Meritorious Unit Commendation

Beginning in 1977 Served as the Navy's liaison to the U.S. Senate

In retrospect, he has said that this represented his "real entry into the world of politics and the beginning of my second career as a public servant"

His key behind-the-scenes role gained congressional financing for a new supercarrier against the wishes of the Carter administration

Decided to leave the Navy. It was doubtful whether he would ever be promoted to the rank of Full Admiral, as he had poor annual physicals and had been given no major sea command. His chances of being promoted to Rear Admiral were better, but McCain declined that prospect, as he had already made plans to run for Congress and said he could "do more good there."

McCain retired from the Navy on April 1, 1981 as a Captain. He was designated as disabled and awarded a disability pension. Upon leaving the military, he moved to Arizona.

Set his sights on becoming a Congressman because he was interested in current events, was ready for a new challenge, and had developed political ambitions during his time as Senate liaison

1982 Won a highly contested Republican primary election for U.S. House of Representatives AZ then easily won the general election, reelected 1984

1983 Was elected to lead the incoming group of Republican Representatives

Jan 3 1983-Jan 3 1987 U.S. House of Representatives AZ

1986 Elected U.S. Senate AZ

Succeeded longtime American conservative icon and Arizona fixture Barry Goldwater, 1964 Republican nominee for President U.S., upon Goldwater's retirement as U.S. Senator AZ

McCain reelected U.S. Senate AZ 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010, 2016

Jan 3 1987 Assumed office U.S. Senate AZ

Jan 3 1987-Aug 25 2018 U.S. Senate AZ, died in office

Sep 27 1999 Announced candidacy for 2000 Republican nomination for President U.S.

Mar 9 2000 Withdrew from race for Republican nomination for President U.S. Lost to George W Bush.

May 2000 Endorsed George W Bush for President U.S.

2004 Although McCain was a Republican, he was heavily vetted by Democratic Presidential nominee John  Kerry as a possible Vice Presidential running mate. Kerry viewed such a ticket as potentially unbeatable. McCain declined and supported his prior rival, President George W Bush.

Apr 25 2007 Announced candidacy for 2008 Republican nomination for President U.S., won nomination

2008 Republican Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Barack Obama

Sep 24 2008 McCain said he was suspending his campaign, called on Obama to join him, and proposed delaying the first of the general election debates with Obama, in order to work on the proposed U.S. financial system bailout before Congress, which was targeted at addressing the subprime mortgage crisis and liquidity crisis. After Obama declined McCain's suspension suggestion, McCain went ahead with the debate Sep 26.  

Jan 4 2012 Endorsed Mitt Romney for Republican Presidential nomination and for President U.S.

In the Republican Party Presidential primaries, 2016, McCain said he would support the Republican nominee even if it was Donald Trump, but following Mitt Romney's Mar 3 speech, which was critical of Trump, McCain endorsed the sentiments expressed in that speech, saying he had serious concerns about Trump. Following Trump becoming the presumptive nominee of the party on May 3, McCain said that Republican voters had spoken and that he would support Trump.
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« Reply #154 on: January 25, 2017, 03:23:10 PM »
« Edited: September 01, 2018, 03:25:46 PM by Lincoln Republican »

2008 Continued

Sarah Palin AK Republican

1982 Enrolled at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Shortly after arriving in Hawaii, transferred to Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu for a semester in the fall of 1982, and then to North Idaho College, a community college in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, for the spring and fall semesters of 1983. In Jun 2008, the Alumni Association of North Idaho College gave Palin its Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award.

1984 Enrolled at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, for an academic year, starting in Aug 1984, then attended Matanuska-Susitna College in Alaska in the fall of 1985.  Returned to the University of Idaho in Jan 1986, and received her bachelor's degree in communications with an emphasis in journalism in May 1987.

Oct 19 1992-Oct 14 1996 Member Wasilla, AK City Council

Oct 14 1996-Oct 14 2002 Mayor Wasilla, AK

1999 Elected President of Alaska Conference of Mayors

2002 Ran for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor AK, lost

Following her defeat, campaigned throughout the state for the nominated Republican Governor-Lieutenant Governor ticket of Frank Murkowski and Loren Leman

Murkowski and Leman won, Murkowski resigned from his long held U.S. Senate seat in Dec 2002 to assume the Governorship. Palin was said to be on the "short list" of possible appointees to Murkowski's U.S. Senate seat, but Murkowski ultimately appointed his daughter, State Representative Lisa Murkowski, as his successor in the U.S. Senate.

Feb 19 2003-Jan 23 2004 Served on Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which oversees Alaska's oil and gas fields for safety and efficiency

Named Chair of the commission and ethics supervisor. Appointed by Governor Murkowski.

Resigned from Commission Jan 23 2004

2003 to Jun 2005 Served as one of three directors of "Ted Stevens Excellence in Public Service, Inc.," a 527 group designed to provide political training for Republican women in Alaska

2004 Told the Anchorage Daily News that she had decided not to run for the U.S. Senate that year against the Republican incumbent Lisa Murkowski because her teenage son opposed it

2006 Running on a clean-government platform, defeated incumbent Governor Frank Murkowski in the Republican primary for Governor AK

2006 Elected Governor of Alaska, becoming the youngest person and first woman to be elected Governor of Alaska

Dec 4 2006–Jul 26, 2009 Governor AK

Aug 29 2008 Republican Presidential nominee Senator John McCain announced that he had chosen Palin as his  Vice Presidential running mate, making her the first Alaskan and the second woman to run on a major U.S. party national ticket, as well as the first woman to run on a Republican Party national ticket

2008 Republican Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with John McCain, lost
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McCain's first choice for Vice President U.S. was his good friend Democratic then Independent Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut

Lieberman received a B.A. in both political science and economics from Yale University 1964,
received a Juris Doctor law degree from Yale Law School 1967

Was a member of the Connecticut State Senate 1971-1981, including the last six years as Majority Leader 1975-1981, defeated in election for U.S. House of Representatives for Connecticut 1980, Attorney General of Connecticut 1983-1989, U.S. Senator for Connecticut 1989-2013, unsuccessful Democratic Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Al Gore 2000

However, Lieberman was pro choice, and would therefore not be acceptable to the Republican Party. McCain then announced his pick of Palin.      
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Post 2008 Presidential election, Palin has served as a political commentator

Jan 27 2009 Formed the political action committee, SarahPAC

Jul 3 2009 Announced that she would not run for reelection as Governor of Alaska in the 2010 election and would resign before the end of Jul, resigning Jul 26, 2009, before the end of the term, which was Dec 1 2010

Feb 6 2010 Appeared as the keynote speaker at the inaugural Tea Party convention in Nashville, Tennessee

Mid 2010 Flagged the launch of a new "Pink Elephant Movement," where she set about endorsing a number of female Republican candidates

May 2010 Spoke at a fundraiser for the Susan B. Anthony List, a pro-life political advocacy group and political action committee that supports pro-life women in politics

In the months ahead of the Nov 2010 elections, Palin selectively endorsed Republican candidates, and was a significant fundraising asset to those she campaigned for during the primary season

Beginning in Nov 2008, following Palin's high profile in the Presidential campaign, there was an active "Draft Palin" movement

Nov 2010 Confirmed that she was considering running for the Presidency

During Mar 2011, Palin and her husband toured India at the invitation of Indian newsmagazine India Today, subsequently visiting Israel

2011 Said the home she had recently purchased in Scottsdale, AZ was not a full-time residence, and denied that she was planning to run for U.S. Senate from Arizona

Oct 5 2011 Said she had decided not to seek the 2012 Republican nomination for President

Jul 8 2013 Said she is contemplating a run for U.S. Senate seat in Alaska against then current Senator Democrat Mark Begich

Palin did not contest the 2014 Alaska Senate election

Republican candidate Dan Sullivan defeated Democratic candidate incumbent Senator Mark Begich for the U.S. Senate AK seat

2016 Presidential election, announced her support for Donald Trump

As early as Sep 2015 Palin had expressed an interest in becoming Secretary of Energy in a Trump administration

Nov 2016 There was speculation that Palin was being considered for a position in the Trump administration, either as Secretary of the Interior or as Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Was ultimately not picked for an administration position.    
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2008 Continued

Ralph Nader CT Independent candidate for President U.S. See 1996

Matt Gonzalez CA Democratic, Green Party, Independent

1987 Earned a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University

1990 Earned a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School

While attending Stanford, he was an editor for the Stanford Law Review and member of the Stanford Environmental Law Journal

Worked on immigration issues at the East Palo Alto Community Law Project, pending death penalty cases at the California Appellate Project, and "gender discrimination and religious clause issues" as a research assistant to the Dean of the School, constitutional law scholar Paul Brest

1991 Began working as a trial lawyer at the Office of the Public Defender in San Francisco. He was a Certified Specialist in Criminal Law (the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization) and was named "Lawyer of the Year" by the San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association in 2000.

1999 Candidate for San Francisco District Attorney, lost

Nov 2000 Switched from Democratic Party to Green Party

2001-2005 Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Jan 2003 Elected President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors

2003 Green Party candidate for Mayor San Francisco, lost

2003 Following the mayoral contest, announced he would not seek reelection to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Jan 2008 Gonzalez, along with several other prominent Green Party members, launched Ralph Nader's 2008 Presidential Exploratory Committee to support a possible Nader candidacy. On Feb 28, 2008, only four days after announcing his Presidential bid, Nader named Gonzalez as his Vice Presidential running mate for the 2008 presidential election.

2008 Independent candidate for Vice President U.S. with Ralph Nader, lost

Nader announced that he and Gonzalez would not seek the Green Party nomination but would run as independents. On Mar 4, 2008, Gonzalez announced that he had left the Green Party and had changed his voter registration to independent. The change, he said, was to accommodate states, including Delaware, Idaho and Oregon, that do not allow members of political parties to run as independents.

Nov 2 2008 Participated in the third party Vice Presidential debates, along with Constitution Party Vice Presidential candidate Darrell Castle and Libertarian Wayne Allyn Root

Feb 2011 Appointed Chief Attorney in San Francisco Public Defender's office by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi

Bob Barr GA Democratic, Republican, Libertarian Party, Republican

Attended University of Southern California

Joined the Young Democrats of America and rallied against the Vietnam War

His parents disapproved, and threatened to cut off financial support if he continued his "flaming liberal" activities

During this time, Barr's mother introduced him to the work of Ayn Rand. This fostered a new-found appreciation for conservatism and prompted Barr to join the Young Trojan Republican Club.

1970 Completed B.A., cum laude, from University of Southern California

1986-1990 U.S. Attorney for Northern District of Georgia appointed by President Reagan

1990-1991 President of the Southeastern Legal Foundation, an Atlanta-based law firm and policy center that litigates in support of "limited government, individual economic freedom, and the free enterprise system"

1992 Candidate for Republican Party nomination for U.S. Senate GA, lost

1994 Elected U.S. House of Representatives, GA

Jan 3 1995–Jan 3 2003 U.S. House of Representatives, GA

1998  One of the House managers during the Clinton impeachment trial

After the Lewinsky scandal broke, Barr was the first lawmaker in either chamber to call for Clinton's resignation

2002 Defeated in Republican primary for reelection to U.S. House of Representatives GA

2004 Presidential election left Republican Party and publicly endorsed Libertarian Party Presidential nominee Michael Badnarik

2006 Joined Libertarian Party as a regional representative, then serving on the Libertarian National Committee

2001-2007 Sat on the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association

Has become a prominent member of the American Civil Liberties Union, sometimes doing paid consulting on privacy issues

Dec 12 2006 Became a regional representative on the Libertarian National Committee, representing the Party's Southeast Region

One of the four founders of the American Freedom Agenda

A member of the Constitution Project's bipartisan Liberty and Security Committee

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Liberty Guard, which states its mission is to protect and defend individual liberty

Early 2008 Barr became an adjunct professor at Kennesaw State University and was scheduled to teach a course on privacy rights titled "Privacy and Public Policy in 21st Century Business and Society"

Jul 22 2008 Endorsed the Free State Project

Listed as the President of the Law Enforcement Education Organization, a non-profit organization with a mission of serving "active-duty and retired law enforcement officers, by educating and assisting law enforcement personnel and agencies meet challenges posed by certain laws and regulations

2008 Libertarian Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Barack Obama

Stated he would not challenge the Republican incumbent in the 2012 primary race for Georgia's 14th Congressional district, he subsequently indicated his return to the Republican Party and support for 2012 GOP Congressional candidates

Had expressed interest in running for Congress again as a Republican in 2012, but chose to abandon these plans

In an interview with the Daily Caller he endorsed and encouraged Libertarians to support Newt Gingrich's campaign for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination

Mar 28 2013 Held a news conference where he announced his upcoming run for the 11th Congressional District in an attempt to win the seat of Representative Phil Gingrey. If Barr had been elected to Congress, he would have become the first Georgia Republican to return to the U.S. House of Representatives after a gap in service.

2014 Failed to win Republican primary and was not elected to return to the U.S. House of Representatives

Wayne Allyn Root NV Republican, Libertarian Party, Republican

Entrepreneur, television and radio personality, author, political commentator

1983 Graduated from Columbia University in 1983 as a Political Science major. This would place him in the same graduating class as President Barack Obama. Root has stated that he has no recollection of having met or seen Obama at Columbia.

Was a longtime Republican Party member and supporter who self-identified as a Libertarian Republican

2007 Ended his association with the Republican Party and joined the Libertarian Party

Sep 2012 left the Libertarian party and announced his return to major party politics

2008 Candidate for Libertarian Party nomination for President U.S., lost to Bob Barr

2008 Chosen as Libertarian Party candidate for Vice President U.S.

2008 Libertarian Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Bob Barr, lost  

Has announced he intends to run as a Republican candidate in 2016 for the U.S. Senate from Nevada, the seat currently held by Democratic Senator Harry Reid

2010 Ran for the position of chair of the Libertarian National Committee of the Libertarian Party of the United States, lost

Subsequently succeeded in being elected to the Libertarian National Committee as an At-Large Member

Jul 2011 Was elected chair of the "Libertarian National Congressional Committee", a Federal Elections Commission registered entity. He renamed it the "Libertarian National Campaign Committee."

2012 At the Libertarian National Convention was again elected to the Libertarian National Committee as an At-Large Member, despite being seen by some LP members as being part of the "top-down faction." The party's 2012 presidential candidate Gary Johnson endorsed Root

Sep 2012 In a letter, resigned all Libertarian Party positions, saying he would seek a Senate seat "outside of a third party."

Chuck Baldwin FL Constitution Party candidate for President U.S. See 2004

Darrell Castle TN Constitution Party

Attorney

1970 Graduated from East Tennessee State University, with a B.S., double-majoring in political science and history

1970 Commissioned as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, serving for four years to 1974 and attaining the rank of First Lieutenant

After his discharge, he returned to ETSU and began his graduate study of history. He then attended the law school at University of Memphis, then known as Memphis State University, and earned his Juris Doctor in 1979

Upon receiving his J.D. in Memphis, Castle became an attorney. In 1984, he opened a private firm which later grew into Darrell Castle and Associates. Since then, Castle has opened firms in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Detroit, Michigan; and Kansas City, Missouri. His firms focus on consumer bankruptcy and personal injury, but also represent clients in the areas of social security/disability and workers' compensation.

At the 2008 Constitution Party National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, Baptist pastor Chuck Baldwin defeated former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Alan Keyes to win the party's Presidential nomination. The Party then nominated Castle to the ticket as its Vice Presidential candidate. Baldwin had himself been the Constitution Party nominee for Vice President in 2004.

2008 Constitution Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Chuck Baldwin, lost

At the 2012 Constitution Party National Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, Castle declared his candidacy for the party's Presidential nomination one day prior to the nomination vote, citing requests from several delegates that he seek the Presidential nomination. He finished as runner-up to former U.S. Congressman Virgil Goode, who won the nomination on the first ballot.

Is the former National Vice Chairman of the Constitution Party

2016 Was a candidate for the Constitution Party's 2016 Presidential nomination, but withdrew his candidacy in Jan 2016 because of unspecified health concerns. However, on the eve of the 2016 nominating convention, Richard Winger of Ballot Access News reported that Castle had re-entered the nomination process.

Apr 16 2016 Castle secured the Presidential nomination for the Constitution Party

He has vowed, if elected, to get the United States out of the United Nations and NATO

Castle's campaign has received endorsements from Glenn Beck, Chuck Baldwin, and the Georgia Right to Life PAC

2016 Constitution Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Donald Trump



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Cynthia McKinney GA Democratic, Green Party

Earned a B.A. in international relations from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, an M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Medford/Somerville, MA. She worked as a high school teacher and later as a university professor.

1986 Political career began when her father, a Representative in the Georgia State House of Representatives, submitted her name as a write in candidate for the Georgia State House, despite the fact that she lived in Jamaica at the time, lost  

1988 Ran for the same seat and won, making the McKinneys' the first father and daughter to simultaneously serve in the Georgia State House

1989-1993 Georgia Sate House of Representatives

1992 Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives GA. She was the first African American woman to represent Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives. Reelected 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000.

Jan 3 1993-Jan 3 2003 U.S. House of Representatives GA

2002 Defeated in Democratic primary for reelection to U.S. House of Representatives GA

Traveled widely as a public speaker between her terms in office. Throughout 2003 and 2004, toured the US and much of Europe speaking of her defeat, her opposition to the Iraq War, and the Bush administration.

2004 Served on the advisory committee for the group 2004 Racism Watch

Sep 9 2004, Was a commissioner in The Citizens' Commission on 9-11

Oct 26 2004 Was among 100 Americans and 40 family members of those who were killed on 9/11 who signed the 9/11 Truth Movement statement, calling for new investigations of unexplained aspects of the 9/11 events

There was speculation that she was considering a run as the Green Party's nominee for the 2004 Presidential election. However, wanting her Congressional seat back, she turned down the Green Party nomination.

2004 Won Democratic primary for reelection U.S. House of Representatives GA

Jan 3 2005-Jan 3 2007 U.S. House of Representatives GA

2006 Finished first in the Democratic primary for U.S. House of Representatives GA, however, since McKinney failed to get at least 50% of the vote, she and the second place finisher were forced into a runoff, which was won by her opponent

Green Party members had attempted to recruit McKinney both in 2000 and 2004. In 2000, she was widely mentioned as a possible Vice Presidential running mate for Ralph Nader. In 2004, attempts were made to convince McKinney to run on the Green Party ballot line for President.

Jul 5 2007 Appeared at the Green Party National Meeting in Reading, Pennsylvania, where she suggested that the Green Party could become a progressive political force

Aug 27 2007 Peace rally in Kennebunkport, Maine, McKinney confirmed the depth of her disenchantment with the Democratic Party, urging San Francisco voters to replace Nancy Pelosi with antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan.

Sep 10 In a letter to the Steering Committee of the Green Party of the United States, McKinney stated she would not seek the Green Party nomination for President. However, in early October it appeared that McKinney was making moves toward declaring herself an official Green Party candidate.

Jul 9 2008, she named as her running mate journalist and community activist Rosa Clemente and clinched the party's nomination three days later at the 2008 Green Party National Convention

Sep 10 2008 Joined a press conference held by third-party and independent candidates, along with Ralph Nader, Chuck Baldwin, and initiator Ron Paul

2008 Green Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Barack Obama

2011 Undertook a nationwide speaking tour regarding the intervention in Libya "Eyewitness Libya", which was sponsored by the ANSWER coalition and the International Action Center drew hundreds across the country

Apr 2012 Announced she would run for U.S. House of Representatives GA on the Green Party ticket. However, in Aug she failed to qualify for the ballot.

Feb 2010 Awarded the 'Peace through Conscience' award from the Munich American Peace Committee (MAPC)

Rosa Clemente NC Green Party

Community organizer, independent journalist, activist

Graduate of the University of Albany and Cornell University. Clemente has been delivering workshops, presentations and commentary for over ten years

Academic work has focused on research of national liberation struggles within the United States, with a specific focus on the Young Lords Party and the Black Liberation Army

While a student at SUNY Albany, she was President of the Albany State University Black Alliance (ASUBA) and Director of Multicultural Affairs for the Student Association

At Cornell she was a founding member of La Voz Boriken, a social/political organization dedicated to supporting Puerto Rican political prisoners and the independence of Puerto Rico

Has written for Clamor Magazine, The Ave. magazine, The Black World Today, The Final Call and numerous websites

She has been the subject of articles in the Village Voice, The New York Times, Urban Latino and The Source magazines

She has appeared on CNN, C-SPAN, Democracy Now! and Street Soldiers

In 2001, she was a youth representative at the United Nations World Conference against Xenophobia, Racism and Related Intolerance in South Africa

In 2002 was named by Red Eye Magazine as one of the top 50 Hip Hop Activists to look out for

1995 Developed Know Thy Self Productions (KTSP), a full-service speakers bureau, production company and media consulting service. Seeing a need for young people of color to be heard and taken seriously she began presenting workshops and lectures at colleges, universities, high schools, and prisons. In the past ten years she has presented at over 200 colleges, conferences and community centers on topics such as "African-American and Latino/a Intercultural Relations", "Hip-Hop Activism", "The History of the Young Lords Party", and "Women, Feminism and Hip Hop".

KTSP now includes an expanded college speakers bureau which has produced three major Hip Hop activism tours, "Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win" with M1 of dead prez and Fred Hampton Jr.; "The ACLU College Freedom Tour" with dead prez, DJ Kuttin Kandi, Mystic and comedian Dave Chappelle; and the "Speak Truth to Power" Tour a collaborative tour of award winning youth activists.

2003 Helped form and coordinate the first ever National Hip Hop Political Convention that drew over 3000 activists who came together to create and implement a national political agenda for the Hip-Hop generation.

Ten days after Hurricane Katrina ravaged parts of the south, Clemente traveled to the areas as an independent journalist and her on-the-ground reports were broadcast on independent radio stations all over the world, including Air America, NPR, Pacifica Radio, Democracy Now, Indymedia, Hard Knock Radio and many more independent and mainstream media outlets.

2008 Green Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Cynthia McKinney, lost

Alan Keyes MD, NY Republican Before 2008, Constitution Party 2008, America's Independent Party 2008-2012, Republican 2012-Present

After high school attended Cornell University, studied political philosophy

Left Cornell and spent a year in Paris under a Cornell study abroad program

1972 Completed his studies at Harvard University and completed his BA in Government Affairs

1978 Joined U.S. Department of State as a protégé of Jeane Kirkpatrick

1979 Earned his PhD in Government Affairs from Harvard

Due to student deferments and a high draft number, was not drafted to serve in Vietnam War

1979 Assigned to consulate in Mumbai, India

1980 Assigned to embassy in Zimbabwe

1983-1985 U.S. Ambassador to United Nations Economic and Social Council

1984 A U.S. delegate to World Population Conference in Mexico City, selected by President Reagan as Deputy Chairman

1985 Appointed by President Reagan to represent  U.S. at Women's Conference in Nairobi

Nov 13 1985-Nov 17 1987 U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs

Served on staff of National Security Council

1987-1989 Resident scholar for American Enterprise Institute

1988 Republican Party candidate for U.S. Senate MD, lost

1989-1991 President of Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW)

1991 Served as Interim President of Alabama A&M University

1992 Republican Party candidate for U.S, Senate MD, lost

1996 Candidate for Republican Party nomination for President U.S., lost to Bob Dole

2000 Candidate for Republican Party nomination for President U.S., lost to George W Bush

2004 Republican Party candidate for U.S. Senate, IL, lost to Barack Obama

2008 Candidate for Republican Party nomination for President U.S., lost to John McCain

Apr 15 2008 Confirmed his split from Republican Party

2008 Candidate for Constitution Party nomination for President U.S., lost

2008 Keyes' supporters formed the America's Independent Party for his Presidential candidacy

2008 America's Independent Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Barack Obama  

Wiley Drake CA, CO America's Independent Party

Pastor First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park in Buena Park, California

During the 1980s and 1990s, clashed with officials of the city of Buena Park when he "turned his church parking lot and a church recreation building into a makeshift homeless shelter...", housing groups of homeless persons for months at a time. This activity led to his conviction in July 1997 of violation of building and property usage codes.

Wrote the resolution at the Southern Baptist Convention in 1996 calling for a boycott of the Walt Disney Corporation over its decision to "promote homosexuality over family values," by granting health benefits to gay and lesbian partners of employees

Campaigned against the appointment of a gay man, former University of Chicago dean James Hormel, as ambassador to Luxembourg

In early 2008 was a vocal supporter of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee's Presidential campaign

2008 America's Independent Party candidate for Vice President U.S. in California with Alan Keyes, lost

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Ted Well MS Reform Party

A graduate of Michigan State University

A decorated World War II veteran, who earned four Battle Stars while serving in the U.S. Navy  

A Boy Scout instructor

Invited to the White House Conference on Small Business three times, 1980, 1985, 1990

In the 1990s founded the Independent Party of Mississippi

1996 Ran for a U.S. Senate seat from Mississippi, lost

1997 The Independent Party of Mississippi became the official state affiliate of the national Reform Party and renamed itself the Mississippi Reform Party

Was the chairman of the Mississippi Reform Party and a Reform Party National Committeeman

2000 Endorsed Natural Law Party candidate John Hagelin instead of the Reform Party's nominee, Pat Buchanan

2004 Campaigned for the Reform Party's 2004 Presidential nomination, but withdrew his candidacy after Ralph Nader announced his intention to seek the party's nomination,  endorsed Nader,  and contributed thousands of dollars to his political campaigns

During his acceptance speech at the 2004 Reform Party National Convention, Ralph Nader thanked Weill for his support

At the Reform Party's 2008 national convention, Frank McEnulty of California, the 2008 Presidential candidate of the New American Independent Party, was nominated to be Weill's Vice-Presidential running-mate. However, the party could not announce the results of the national convention on its web site until October, due to a court order obtained by another faction of the party. The rebel faction also prevented Weill from appearing on the ballot in any of the states in which the party retained access, excluding Mississippi.

Therefore, the Weill/McEnulty ticket appeared on the ballot in only Mississippi and also received write-in votes in Alabama

2008 Reform Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Barack Obama

During a 2009 interview with Monmouth University's school newspaper, Weill expressed interest in running again in 2012, but he died in 2009

Frank McEnullty CA Reform Party

President and chief financial officer of Our Castle Homes, a residential building company that develops neighborhoods

President of I Made A Movie, Inc., and the president of more than a dozen other small, entrepreneurial enterprises

1978 Graduated with a BS degree in accounting/finance, California State University

1980 Graduated with an MBA degree with a specialization in venture management, University of Southern California

Is a fourth-degree member of the Knights of Columbus

2008 Reform Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Ted Well, lost

2008 New American Independent Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Barack Obama

Bobby Klingler was the Vice Presidential running mate on the New American Independent Party ticket with Frank McEnulty

(The Citizens Party of the United States (Citizens Party) is a political party in the United States. Founded by Michael Thompson in Wayne, Pennsylvania in 2004 as the New American Independent Party (NAIP), the first meeting took place in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania on the day of the general election in 2004. The New American Independent Party changed its name to the Citizens Party in January 2011. The transition to the Citizens Party lasted several months.)

McEnulty hinted at a 2012 run, arguing a third-party candidate could attract widespread support in 2012

2012

Barack Obama IL Democratic Party candidate for President U.S. See 2008

Joe Biden DE Democratic Party candidate for Vice President U.S. See 2020

Mitt Romney MA Independent until 1993, Republican 1993-Present


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Grandson of Gaskell Romney, Unsuccessful candidate for County Commissioner UT 1931

Son of George W Romney, Chairman and President of American Motors Corporation 1954–1962, Governor MI 1963-1969, unsuccessful candidate for Republican Presidential nomination 1968, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 1969-1973

Son of Lenore Romney, Unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Senate MI 1970

Brother of Scott Romney, Unsuccessful candidate for Attorney General MI 1998, Michigan State University Board of Trustees 2000-2009  

Husband of Ann Romney, Belmont, MA Town Meeting Representative 1977-1978, MA Governor's liaison to the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives 2003-2007

Father of Tagg Romney, Worked as a senior aide on his father's MA gubernatorial campaign in 2002 and during his Presidential campaign in 2008. He participated as an advisor in his father's 2012 Presidential campaign and he attracted the attention of the media just prior to the Nov election.

In Jun 2014, the private equity firm Solamere Capital, of which Tagg Romney is a partner, sponsored the third annual "Romney Retreat" at the Stein Eriksen Lodge in Park City, UT. Most potential 2016 Republican Party Presidential candidates, National Football League quarterback Peyton Manning, firm clients, former U.S. Secretary of State George P Shultz and Mia Love, Republican member U.S. House of Representatives for Utah, among others, along with Mitt Romney, spoke or were in attendance for the three-day event. Other scheduled attendees included business executives Meg Whitman and Harold Hamm.

He was the subject of speculation in Feb 2013 that he would run for the United States Senate from MA in the 2014 election. He declined to do so.

Father of Josh Romney, Named National Business Recruitment Policy Advisor for the Governor's Office of Economic Development for UT 2009 by Republican Governor Gary Herbert

Uncle of Ronna Romney McDaniel, Worked on Mitt Romney's campaign for President U.S. 2012, elected MI representative to Republican National Committee 2014, Chair of MI Republican Party 2015-2017, Chair of Republican National Committee, assumed office 2017, only the second woman to hold the post in RNC history
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Descendant of William Pratt, An early colonial settler, a lieutenant in the Pequot War, and a representative to the General Court (colonial legislature) of CT for 23 terms

Miles Romney, Son of George Romney Jr., whose father, George Romney Sr. was first cousin to English portrait painter also named George Romney

George Romney, Played a role in the early development of the state of UT

Miles Quintin Romney, An attorney of the U.S House of Representatives

Clyde Anderson Romney, Chief of Staff in Washington D.C. to U.S. Republican Congressman Ron Packard of CA 1983-1986, chairman San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Task Force and Congressional Facilitator San Luis Rey settlement act. Candidate for San Diego County board of supervisors 1986 and the Palomar College Board of Trustees 1988. Republican.

G Ott Romney, Chairman National Recreation Policies Committee, National Director  Recreation Section of Works Progress Administration or WPA, assignments with the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, and membership on U.S. President Dwight  Eisenhower's Council on Youth Fitness. During World War II served as Chief of Recreation and Club Unit Services to United States Armed Forces through Red Cross.

Helen Hackett Brown Romney, Vice Chairman UT Republican Party, served on State Health Board, and State Parks and Recreation Board, a Founding and Charter Member of UT State Heritage Foundation

Vernon B Romney, Served two terms Attorney General UT 1969-1976. Defeated in 1976 bid for Governor UT.

Ronna Romney, Republican, alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from MI 1988 and member of Republican National Committee from MI 1988. Ran for Republican nomination 1994 U.S. Senate election from MI. Republican candidate 1996 U.S. Senate MI.

Miles Romney Sr, Democrat, member of State Democratic Central Committee in MT. Mayor Hamilton, MT 1902-1904, MT State Senator 1906-1910. Unsuccessful in three primary bids for MT Governor. Served as State Director of National Recovery Act and also organized Federal Housing Administration in MT and National Emergency Council, which became U.S. Office of Government Reports.

Miles Romney Jr, Democrat, member of MT House of Representatives 1966-1970.  1971 elected delegate to state Constitutional Convention, appointed to MT Senate 1973, elected to a full term 1974.

Marion G Romney, Elected to UT State Legislature as a Democrat 1934. Was an assistant prosecuting attorney in Salt Lake City. An Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles 1941-1951, a Church Apostle 1951-1988, a member of the First Presidency 1972-1985, in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A cousin to George W Romney.

Harold Arundel Lafount, Commissioner of Federal Radio Commission (FRC) 1927-1934, nominated by U.S President Calvin Coolidge. Lafount is the father of Lenore Romney, who is the mother of Mitt Romney.

L C Romney, Democrat, UT State Senate 1943-1944, Commissioner Salt Lake City UT 1944-1963, Democratic candidate Governor UT 1956, lost

Larry Romney, Joined the AZ Farm Bureau in 1993 and is an agent with the Old Pueblo Agency at the Safford office, was a member of Town Council of Chino Valley and was a president of Chino Valley School District
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1962 Participated in his father's, George Romney's, successful 1962 campaign for Governor of MI  

Later worked for his father, Governor George Romney, as an intern in the Governor's office

1965-1966 academic year Attended Stanford University.  Was not part of the counterculture of the 1960s then taking form in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Jul 1966-Dec 1968 Served a proselyting mission for his church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France, has remained fluent in French

1969-1971 Attended Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. During his senior year, he took a leave to work as driver and advance man for his mother Lenore Romney's eventually unsuccessful 1970 campaign for U.S. Senator from Michigan. Earned a Bachelor of Arts in English with highest honors, giving commencement addresses to both the College of Humanities and to the whole of BYU.

1971-1975 Attended Harvard University. Enrolled in the recently created joint Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration four-year program coordinated between Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. Graduated 1975 cum laude from the law school, in the top third of that class, and was named a Baker Scholar for graduating in the top five percent of his business school class.

During his business career, Romney held several leadership positions in the local lay clergy in his church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1977-1981 Served as a counselor to the President of the Boston Stake (a stake is an administrative unit composed of multiple congregations)
 
1981-1986 Served as Bishop of his ward (a Bishop is the ecclesiastical and administrative head of his congregation, a ward is a local congregation) at Belmont, Massachusetts  

1986-1994, Presided over the Boston Stake as the Stake President (a Stake President is the presiding church officer of a stake) which included more than a dozen wards in eastern Massachusetts and almost 4,000 church members
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Following graduation from Harvard, was recruited by several firms, joined the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), reasoning that working as a management consultant for a variety of companies would better prepare him for a future position as a chief executive

1977 Hired by Bain & Company, a management consulting firm in Boston formed a few years earlier by Bill Bain and other ex-BCG employees. Romney became a Vice President of the firm in 1978. Within a few years, the firm considered him one of their best consultants and clients sometimes sought to use him over more senior partners.

1984 Left Bain & Company to cofound the spin-off private equity investment firm, Bain Capital. Held titles of President and Managing General Partner. The sole shareholder of the firm, publications also referred to him as Managing Director or CEO.

1990 Facing financial collapse, Bain & Company asked Romney to return. Was announced as its new CEO in Jan 1991.

Registered as an Independent and voted in the 1992 Presidential primaries for the Democratic former Senator from Massachusetts, Paul Tsongas

By 1993 Had begun thinking about entering politics. He decided to challenge incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator from MA Edward Kennedy, who was seeking re-election for the sixth time.

Took a leave of absence from Bain Capital from Nov 1993 to Nov 1994 to run for the U.S. Senate. During that time, Ampad workers went on strike, and asked Romney to intervene.

Oct 1993 Changed his affiliation from Independent to Republican and formally announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate MA in Feb 1994

1994 Won Republican primary for U.S. Senate MA.  In the general election, Kennedy faced the first serious reelection challenger of his career.

1994 Republican Party candidate for U.S. Senate MA, lost. Kennedy won the election by the smallest margin in any of his re-election campaigns for the Senate.

1994 Returned to Bain Capital

1994 Joined the board, as Vice Chair, of the Points of Light Foundation, which had incorporated his father's National Volunteer Center

Took a paid leave of absence from Bain Capital in February 1999 to serve as the President and CEO of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games Organizing Committee

Remained sole shareholder, Managing Director, CEO, and President of Bain Capital during this time

Feb 11 1999-2002 President and CEO Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games of 2002. Before Romney took the position, the event was running $379 million short of its revenue goals. Under Romney's leadership, despite the initial fiscal shortfall, the Games ended up with a surplus of $100 million.

By 1999, Bain Capital was on its way towards becoming one of the foremost private equity firms in the nation

Aug 2001 Announced that he would not return to Bain Capital

2002 Was mentioned as a possible candidate for Governor of UT

2002 Won Republican primary for Governor MA, unopposed

2002 Republican Party candidate Governor MA, elected, defeating MA State Treasurer Democrat Shannon O'Brien

Jan 2 2003–Jan 4 2007 Governor MA  

Feb 13 2007 Announced candidacy for 2008  Republican nomination for President U.S.

2008 Candidate for Republican nomination for President U.S., lost to John McCain

Feb 7 2008 Announced withdrawal from the race

Feb 14 2008 Endorsed John McCain for President U.S.

2008 McCain had Romney on a short list for Vice Presidential running mate, where his business experience would have balanced one of McCain's weaknesses

Following the 2008 election, laid the groundwork for a likely 2012 Presidential campaign by using his Free and Strong America political action committee (PAC) to raise money for other Republican candidates and pay his existing political staff's salaries and consulting fees

Campaigned heavily for Republican candidates in the 2010 midterm elections, raising more money than the other prospective 2012 Republican Presidential candidates

Apr 11 2011 Announced he had formed an exploratory committee for a run for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination

Jun 2 2011 Formally announced the start of his campaign for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination, wins nomination

2012 Republican Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Barack Obama

First member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be nominated to a Presidential ticket by a major party

Re-emerged onto the political scene in the run-up to the 2014 U.S. midterm elections, endorsing, campaigning, and fundraising for a number of Republican candidates, especially those running for the U.S. Senate

By early 2014 The lack of a clear mainstream Republican candidate for the 2016 Presidential election led some supporters, donors, and pollsters to suggest Romney stage a third run

Aug 2014 Mitt and Ann Romney made their main residence in Utah, including switching voter registrations

Jan 30 2015 Romney announced he would not run for President in 2016

As the Republican Presidential nomination race went into the primaries season, Romney had not endorsed anyone but was one of the Republican establishment figures who were becoming increasingly concerned about the front runner status of Donald Trump

Nov 19 and Nov 29 2016 Romney meets with President Elect Donald Trump, and was reportedly being considered for the office of U.S. Secretary of State. The nomination eventually went to Rex Tillerson, chief executive officer of ExxonMobil.

Jan 2 2018 Utah Senator Orrin Hatch announces he will not run for reelection to U.S. Senate Utah

Jan 2 2018 Senator Orrin Hatch announces Romney will have his support if he runs for U.S. Senate Utah

Jan 2018  Mitt and Ann Romney relocate to Utah

Feb 16 2018 Announces he will run for U.S. Senate UT in the election to be held Nov 6 2018

Feb 19 2018 President Donald Trump endorses Romney for U.S. Senate UT

Jun 26 2018 Wins Republican primary for U.S. Senate UT

Nov 6 2018 Wins election to U.S. Senate UT

Jan 3 2019 Assumes office U.S. Senate UT

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Paul Ryan WI Republican

Majored in economics and political science at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he became interested in the writings of Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig von Mises, and Milton Friedman. He often visited the office of libertarian professor Richard Hart to discuss the theories of these economists and of Ayn Rand.

Hart introduced Ryan to the National Review, and with Hart's recommendation Ryan began an internship in the D.C. office of Wisconsin Republican Senator Bob Kasten where he worked with Kasten's foreign affairs adviser

Attended the Washington Semester program at American University

During college, was a member of the College Republicans and volunteered for the congressional campaign for U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio,  Republican John Boehner

1992 Graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in economics and political science

1992 After graduation accepted a Congressional position as a staff economist attached to Wisconsn Republican Senator Bob Kasten's office

1992 A few months after Kasten lost to Democrat Russ Feingold, Ryan became a speechwriter for Empower America, now FreedomWorks, a conservative advocacy group founded by Jack Kemp, Jeane Kirkpatrick, and William Bennett

Later worked as a speechwriter for Jack Kemp, the Republican Vice Presidential candidate in the 1996 U.S. Presidential election. Kemp became Ryan's mentor, and Ryan cites him as a "huge influence".

1995 Became the legislative director for then U.S. Senator Republican Sam Brownback of Kansas before returning to Wisconsin in 1997

1998 Elected U.S. House of Representatives WI.  Reelected 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016.

Jan 3 1999-Jan 3 2019 U.S. House of Representatives WI

Aug 11 2012 The Mitt Romney Presidential campaign officially announced Ryan as its choice for Vice President U.S. Before the official announcement, it was reported that Romney made his decision, and offered the position to Ryan on Aug 1, 2012. On Aug 11, 2012, Ryan formally accepted Romney's invitation to join the campaign as his running mate.

2012 Republican Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Mitt Romney, lost

Is the first individual from Wisconsin as well as the first member of Generation X to run on a major party's national ticket

2012 Reelected to U.S. House of Representatives WI

According to a statistical-historical analysis conducted by statistician Nate Silver, "Ryan is the most conservative Republican member of Congress to be picked for the Vice Presidential slot since at least 1900"

Oct 29 2015-Jan 3 2019 Speaker U.S. House of Representatives  

Is the first person from Wisconsin to hold the position of Speaker U.S. House of Representatives

Is the youngest Speaker of U.S. House of Representatives since James G. Blaine in 1875

May 5 2016 Announces he had not yet reached the point where he could endorse, or even say he would support, Donald Trump as the Republican Presidential nominee

Jun 2 2016 Announces his endorsement of Donald Trump as the Republican Presidential nominee,
stating that when he feels the need to, he'll continue to speak his mind

Apr 11 2018 Announces he will not seek reelection to U.S. House of Representatives WI in Nov 2018 mid term elections

Mar 2019 Joined the board of directors of Fox Corporation, the owner of Fox News Channel and the Fox broadcast network

Has since joined the faculty of the University of Notre Dame

Apr 2019 Was nominated as the delegation leader to represent President Trump to visit Taipei. He attended the 40th anniversary ceremony of Taiwan Relations Act with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, and on the next day, inspected a Patriots' Missile Basement near Taipei.  


Gary Johnson NM Republican Before 2011, Libertarian Party 2011-Present

1971-1975 University of New Mexico, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in political science

1976 Started his own business, Big J Enterprises. Eventually grew Big J into a multi-million dollar corporation with over 1,000 employees.

1999 Sold the company, which had become one of New Mexico's leading construction companies

1994 Entered politics with the intention of running for Governor NM and was advised by "Republican Elders" to run for the State Legislature instead

1994 Won Republican nomination for Governor NM

1994 Elected Governor NM, reelected 1998

Jan 1 1995-Jan 1 2003 Governor NM

Was term limited and could not run for a third consecutive term as Governor in 2002

2008 Endorsed Ron Paul for the Republican Presidential nomination

Serves on the Advisory Council of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, a student nonprofit organization which advocates for drug policy reform

As of April 2011 Serves on the board of directors of Students For Liberty, a nonprofit libertarian organization

2009 Began indicating interest in running for President in the 2012 election

Oct 26 2009 Announced his decision to form an advocacy committee called the Our America, an
initiative to help him raise funds and promote small government ideas

Dec 2009 Organized the Our American Initiative as a 501(c) (4) committee

Feb 2011 Was a featured speaker at both the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and the Republican Liberty Caucus

Apr 21 2011 Announced he is running for President.  Was the first of an eventually large field to announce his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination.

Dec 28 2011 Formally withdrew his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination and declared his candidacy for the 2012 Presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party

May 5 2012 Received the Libertarian Party's official nomination for President U.S.

2012 Libertarian Party candididate for President U.S., lost to Barack Obama

Post 2012 election, said he would not discount running as a Republican again in the future

Dec 2013 Announced the founding of his own Super PAC, Our America Initiative PAC

Apr 2014 Reddit "Ask Me Anything" session, Johnson stated that he hoped to run for President U.S. again in 2016

Jul 2014 Named president and CEO of Cannabis Sativa Inc., a Nevada-based company that aims primarily to sell medical cannabis products in states where medicinal and/or recreational cannabis is legal

Nov 2014 Affirmed his intention to run for the 2016 Libertarian nomination for President U.S. for 2016 election

Jul 2015 Reiterated his intentions for a Presidential campaign but stated he was not announcing anything imminently

Jan 2016 Resigned from his post as CEO of Cannabis Sativa, Inc., to pursue political opportunities, hinting to a 2016 Presidential run

Jan 6 2016 Declared that he would seek the Libertarian nomination for President U.S. for 2016 election

May 18 2016 Named former Massachusetts Governor William Weld as his Vice Presidential U.S. running mate

May 29 2016 Received Libertarian Party nomination for President U.S. on the second ballot at the Libertarian National Convention with William Weld winning the nomination for Vice President U.S.

2016 Libertarian Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Donald Trump

James P Gray CA Republican, Libertarian Party

1966 Earned undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles

Taught in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica

1971 Earned a law degree from the University of Southern California Law School

1972-1975 Practiced law with the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the U.S. Navy in Guam and California

1983 After five years in private practice, was named to the Santa Ana, CA Municipal Court

1983-1989 Santa Ana, California Municipal Court Judge

1989 Appointed to the Orange County, CA Superior Court

1989-2009 Orange County Superior Court Presiding Judge

1998 Candidate for Republican nomination for U.S. House of Representatives CA, lost

Following defeat Left Republican Party and joined Libertarian Party

2003 Openly contemplated becoming a candidate for the 2004 Libertarian Presidential nomination, but later decided to run for the U.S. Senate instead

Mar 2004 Won Libertarian Party nomination for U.S. Senate CA

2004 A keynote speaker at the 2004 Libertarian National Convention

2004 Libertarian Party candidate U.S. Senate CA, lost

Suspended his judicial activities while running for U.S. Senate CA

Jan 2009 Retired as a judge

May 2012 Confirmed candidacy for Libertarian Vice Presidential nomination in an open letter to the party's convention delegates

May 5 2012 Won Libertarian Party Vice Presidential nomination

2012 Libertarian Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Gary Johnson, lost

Gray has been a member of the California Judicial Council, as well as the California Judicial Council's Advisory Committee on Juvenile Law, the Alcohol Advisory Board to the Orange County Board of Supervisors, the Advisory Board of the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, and the Orange County Law Library.

He has also been a member of the Board of Councilors of the USC Law School. Gray also introduced Orange County to the Peer Court system, where juvenile defendants travel to a school outside their district to have their actual cases tried by other teenagers.
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Jill Stein MA Green Party

Physician

1970s Studied psychology, sociology, and anthropology at Harvard University, earning undergraduate degree

1979 Graduated Harvard Medical School

Since 1998 Has served on the boards of Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and help found the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities

Serves on the board of MassVoters for Fair Elections

Founded and served as co-chair of a local recycling committee in Lexington, MA that was approved by the Board of Selectmen

Developed a "Healthy People, Healthy Planet" teaching program

Co-authored two published reports on health and the environment, In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development, published in 2000, and Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging, published in 2009

Has testified before numerous legislative panels as well as local and state governmental bodies

Was active in the effort to get the Massachusetts fish advisories updated to better protect women and children from mercury contamination

Helped lead the successful campaign to clean up the "Filthy Five" coal plants in Massachusetts, an effort that resulted in getting coal plant regulations signed into law

Her testimony on the effects of mercury and dioxin contamination from the burning of waste helped preserve the Massachusetts moratorium on new trash incinerator construction in the state

2008 Helped formulate a "Secure Green Future" ballot initiative that called upon legislators to accelerate efforts to move the Massachusetts economy to renewable energy and make development of green jobs a priority

An advocate for campaign finance reform. Worked to help pass the Clean Election Law, later repealed by the Massachusetts Legislature on an unrecorded voice vote.

Her environmental work has won her many awards, including Clean Water Action's Not in Anyone's Backyard Award, Children's Health Hero Award, and the Toxic Action Center's Citizen Award

20002 Green-Rainbow Party candidate for Governor MA, lost

2004 MA State House of Representatives candidate, lost

2005-2011 Town of Lexington MA Town Meeting Representative

2006 Green-Rainbow Party candidate for MA Secretary of the Commonwealth, lost

2010 Candidate for Governor MA, lost

Aug 2011 Indicated she was considering running for President of the United States with the Green Party in the 2012 election

Oct 24 2011 Launched her campaign for President U.S.

Jul 14 2012 Received the official Presidential nomination of the Green Party at its nominating convention

2012 Green Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Barack Obama

Feb 6 2015 Announced the formation of an exploratory committee in preparation for a potential campaign for the Green Party's Presidential nomination for 2016

Jun 22 2015 Formally announced her candidacy for the Green Party's 2016 Presidential nomination

Aug 1 2016 Chose human rights activist Ajamu Baraka as her running mate for Vice President U.S. after former Ohio State Senator Nina Turner reportedly declined

Aug 6 2016 Formally nominated as Green Party candidate for President U.S. with Ajamu Baraka for Vice President U.S.

2016 Green Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Donald Trump

Cheri Honkala PA Green Party

Anti-poverty advocate

For the past 25 years has been a leading advocate for the poor and homeless in America

While living in Minnesota, she formed the Twin Cities anti-poverty groups "Women, Work and Welfare" and "Up and Out of Poverty Now"

1991 In Philadelphia, she co-founded the Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KWRU) and the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC)

She has organized numerous protests, holding marches, demonstrations and setting up tent cities, in the course of which activities she claims to have been arrested for civil disobedience violations more than 200 times

She is known internationally for her work advocating for the rights of poor people in the United States, and has received recognition in numerous publications for her role in bringing attention to issues such as homelessness and home foreclosures and has been called "the protester's protester"

Currently based in Philadelphia, she has devoted most of her attention to the rise in home evictions among lower income families

Late 1990s Started another nonprofit, the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, of which she became National Coordinator

The PPEHRC represents "a network of over 40 poor people's organizations from across the U.S."

The organization's mission statement reads, "The Poor People's Economic Human Rights
Campaign is committed to uniting the poor across color lines as the leadership base for a broad movement to abolish poverty. We work to accomplish this through advancing economic human rights as named in the universal declaration of human rights — such as the rights to food, housing, health, education, communication and a living wage job."

Early 2011 Announced her run for Sheriff of Philadelphia on a "No Evictions" platform

2011 Green Party candidate for Sheriff of Philadelphia, lost

Jul 11 2012 Jill Stein, then the presumptive nominee of the Green Party for President in the 2012 U.S. Presidential election, announced that she had selected Honkala as her Vice Presidential running mate

Jul 14 2012 Stein and Honkala were officially nominated by the Green Party at its national convention

2012 Green Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Jill Stein, lost

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Virgil Goode VA Democratic Before 2000, Independent 2000-2002, Republican 2002-2010, Constitution Party 2010-Present

Graduated with a B.A. from the University of Richmond and with a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law

1969-1975 Served in the United States Army National Guard

1973 Won a special election to the VA State Senate as an independent. Soon after being elected he joined the Democrats.

An enthusiastic supporter of L. Douglas Wilder, who later became the first elected black Governor in the history of the United States. At the Democratic Party's state political convention in 1985, Goode nominated Wilder for Lieutenant Governor.

1973-1997 VA State Senate

1982 Candidate for Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate VA, lost

1994 Candidate for Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate VA, lost

1996 Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives VA, elected.  Reelected 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006. Defeated 2008.

Jan 3 1997-Jan 3 2009 U.S. House of Representatives VA

Jul 2009  Announced that he would not seek the Republican nomination for the House seat in 2010

Nov 2010 Joined the executive committee of the Constitution Party, having previously been a member of the party's larger national committee

Jun 2011 Told the Roanoke Times that he would consider running for the party's Presidential nomination

Feb 10 2012 Filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as a Presidential candidate

Feb 16 2012 Told the Daily Caller that he was running for the Constitution Party Presidential nomination

Apr 21 2012 Selected as the Constitution Party Presidential nominee

2012 Constitution Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Barack Obama

Jim Clymer PA Libertarian Party, Constitution Party

Earned a law degree

1978 Admitted to the Bar in Pennsylvania

1986 Appointed Chairman of the Bob Smith for Senate Committee

1992 Joined the Libertarian Party

1992 Libertarian Party candidate for Auditor General PA, lost

1994 Libertarian Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor PA, lost

1998 Libertarian Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor PA, lost

2004 Constitution Party candidate for U.S. Senate PA, lost

Later ran for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Commissioner, lost

1999-2012 Chairman of the Constitution Party

At the 2012 Constitution Party National Convention, was selected as the candidate for Vice President

2012 Constitution Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Virgil Goode, lost
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Roseanne Barr HA Peace and Freedom Party

Actress, comedian, writer, television producer, director

Early 2012 Announced her candidacy for the Presidential nomination of the Green Party. Lost the nomination to Jill Stein. She then sought the Presidential nomination of the Peace and Freedom Party, which she won on August 4, 2012

2012 Peace and Freedom Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Barack Obama

Cindy Sheehan CA Peace and Freedom Party

Graduated with honors from Cerritos College and studied history at UCLA. Worked as a youth minister at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Vacaville, California for eight years, and also coordinated an after-school program for at-risk middle school children for the City of Vacaville.

An antiwar activist whose son, U.S. Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, was killed by enemy action during the Iraq War. She attracted national and international media attention in August 2005 for her extended antiwar protest at a makeshift camp outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch—a stand that drew both passionate support and angry criticism.

Is a vocal critic of President Barack Obama's foreign policy

Her memoir, Peace Mom: A Mother's Journey Through Heartache to Activism, was published in 2006

2008 Ran unsuccessfully for U.S. House of Representatives CA

2012 Peace and Freedom Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Roseanne Barr, lost

Has announced her candidacy for the 2014 election for Governor of California

2014 Peace and Freedom Party candidate for Governor CA, lost

Rocky Anderson UT Democratic, Justice Party

Studied ethics, political philosophy, and religious philosophy at the University of Utah

He also explored theological issues in depth and determined that the best course for him was to intensely consider ethical choices, then set certain moral guideposts for his life, and focus on trying to live accordingly, without regard to the doctrines of any organized religion

1973 Graduated from University of Utah with a bachelor's degree in philosophy, graduating magna cum laude

1978 Graduated, with honors, from George Washington University Law School, attaining a J.D. degree

While he was practicing law, opposed the Reagan Administration's efforts to overthrow the government in Nicaragua and some of the Administration's other policies relating to Latin America

1996 Democratic Party candidate for U.S. House of Representatives UT, lost

Jan 3 2000-Jan 7 2008 Mayor Salt Lake City, UT

Chose not to run for a third term for Mayor Salt Lake City in order to be able to push for reforms of U.S. human rights policies and practices through grassroots organizing

Worked with Mitt Romney in leading Salt Lake City through the 2002 Winter Olympics

One of Anderson’s key achievements was working effectively with the Utah State Legislature and Mitt Romney in making certain that public safety needs would be adequately financed

2002 Anderson endorsed Romney's gubernatorial bid in Massachusetts

Romney later endorsed Anderson’s 2003 mayoral re-election campaign in Salt Lake City

2012 Justice Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Barack Obama

Louis J Rodriguez CA Justice Party


During the 1960s and 1970s,  was an active gang member.  Participated in the Chicano Movement, and joined the 1968 East L.A. walkouts and took part in the August 31, 1970 Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War.

1972 Led school walkouts and became president of To Help Mexican American Students (TOHMAS)

Later attended California State University, Los Angeles briefly from 1972–1973, becoming a member of the Chicano activist group MEChA, but eventually dropped out

1972 Began to dedicate himself to community organizing

Also focused on political study and organization, including running for Los Angeles School Board in 1977
 
At the same time helped with various gang peace truces and urban peace efforts throughout the L.A. area

1980 Began attending night school at East Los Angeles College, and working as a photographer for several area publications.  Began a career as a writer

2011 Became a cofounder of the Network for Revolutionary Change in Chicago, dedicated to bringing together revolutionary leaders, thinkers, and activists from throughout the United States to plan, strategize, and organize social justice, equity, and peace through cooperation, imagination, and meaningful actions.

2012 Justice Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Rocky Anderson, lost

2014 Was endorsed by the Green Party of California to be its candidate for Governor in the "Top Two" primary election. It was the first California Governor's race using the new top two system in which the top two vote-getters advance to November's general election, regardless of party.  He came in eighth and did not advance to the November election.

Tom Hoefling IA America's Party, Republican

Founder and national chairman of America's Party

Served as political director for Alan Keyes' political group America's Revival as well as a representative for the American Conservative Coalition

2012 America's Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Barack Obama

2013 Announced his bid for the Republican nomination for Governor of Iowa in the 2014 election, lost

Jonathan D Ellis TN America's Party

2012 America's Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Tom Hoefling, lost

Andre Barnett NY Reform Party

Attended Austin Peay State University and Western Governors University

As a member of the United States Armed Forces, served in Sarajevo before being wounded in a helicopter accident

2001 Founded WiseDome Incorporated, an IT company that provides information technology and data recovery services

Has been described as a "conservative with a conscience"

Nominated for President U.S. by the Reform Party Aug 12 2012 at the party's National Convention. The Reform Party ticket was on the ballot in Florida and had write-in status in several other states.

2012 Reform Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Barack Obama

Ken Cross AR Reform Party

Semi retired Engineer and Businessman
 
2012 Reform Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Andre Barnett, lost
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Donald Trump NY Democratic Before 1987, Republican 1987-1999, Reform 1999-2001, Democratic 2001-2009, Republican 2009-2011, Independent 2011-2012, Republican 2012-Present

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Father of Ivanka Trump, Senior Advisor to the President, 2017-2021

Father-in-law of Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to the President, 2017-2021, Director of the Office of American Innovation, 2017-2021. Jared Kushner is married to Ivanka Trump, daughter of Donald Trump.  
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Attended Fordham University in the Bronx for two years, did not graduate

Entered the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, as Wharton then offered one of the few real estate studies departments in U.S. academia. While there, he worked at his father's company, Elizabeth Trump & Son. Graduated from the Wharton School of Business in 1968 with a Bachelor's degree in economics.

Of interest, Evan McMullin, Independent candidate for President U.S. 2016, had as well graduated from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 2011 with a Master's of Business Administration degree

Was eligible for the draft lottery during the Vietnam War. He was not drafted due to four student deferments (2-S) while attending college, as well as a medical deferment (1-Y, later converted to 4-F) obtained in 1968 after his college graduation, prior to the lottery being initiated.

Business

The Trump Organization

The Trump Organization is an American privately owned international conglomerate based in Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It serves as the principal holding company for Donald Trump's business ventures and investments. It is owned and managed by Donald Trump and three of his eldest children, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump, serving as Executive Vice Presidents within the organization.

The Trump Organization has interests in real estate development, investing, brokerage, sales and marketing, and property management. The company owns, operates, invests, and develops residential real estate, hotels, resorts, residential towers, and golf courses in different countries, as well as owning several hundred thousand square feet of prime Manhattan real estate.

It lists involvement in 515 subsidiaries and entities with 264 of them bearing Trump's name and another 54 including his initials. With investments within the United States and globally, The Trump Organization spans a wide variety of industries including real estate, construction, hospitality, entertainment, book and magazine publishing, media, model management, retail, financial services, board game development, food and beverages, business education, online travel, airlines, helicopter air services and beauty pageants.

It owns a New York television production company that produces television programs including the reality television program, The Apprentice. The Miss Universe Organization is also owned by the Trump Organization and together with the National Broadcasting Company it produces the Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA pageants.

Furthermore, the company engages in retailing providing fashion apparel, home furnishings, jewelry and accessories, books, chocolate bars, furniture, lighting products, bath textiles and accessories, bedding and home fragrance products, small leather goods, crystal stemware, barware and gifts, and bottled spring water

The Trump Organization has divested a number of properties that continue to bear the Trump name

Origin of Elizabeth Trump & Son

Elizabeth Christ Trump, grandmother of Donald Trump, founded Elizabeth Trump & Son in 1923 with her son Fred Trump who was 18 at the time. Elizabeth and her husband Frederick Trump had moved to the borough of Queens, NY in 1906 where her husband began developing real estate. In 1918, however, he died of influenza leaving an estate valued at $31,359 ($492,016 in 2016 dollars).

Elizabeth had a “remarkable talent” for keeping the real estate business going after her husband's death. She had a local contractor build houses on an empty piece of property they owned, sold the houses, and lived off the mortgages paid by the new owners. Her vision was to have her three children continue the family business when they finished school, but her middle son Fred, wanted to start earlier. She founded the company “Elizabeth Trump & Son” to give him his start. Since he was under age, she signed all legal documents. Fred became quite successful with the business but Elizabeth would remain involved throughout her life. Even in her 70's she would collect coins from the laundromats in Trump buildings.

Leadership under Donald Trump

Donald Trump worked for Elizabeth Trump & Son while attending the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1968 officially joined the company. He was given control of the company in 1971 and later renamed it The Trump Organization.

Real estate holdings

As of 2015, it is estimated that Trump's real estate holdings were worth about US$3.5 billion with a value of commercial properties totaled at US$1.3 billion, his residential properties at US$410 million, and his club facilities at US$866 million, and an additional US$940 million for properties he has less than 100 percent stake in. Trump's real estate holdings form the core of his assets and provide much of his income, with a wide array of real estate licensing, branding and marketing deals and royalties that provide millions in annual cash flow. In 2015, Trump earned $71 million from condo sales and collects $41.9 million in rental income on his buildings annually.

Politics

Unlike past Presidential candidates, Trump has never publicly verified his income claims by releasing his tax returns

Trump has described his political leanings and positions in various, sometimes contradictory ways over time. Politico has described his positions as "eclectic, improvisational and often contradictory."

A 2011 report by the Center for Responsive Politics showed that over the previous two decades of U.S. elections, Donald Trump made contributions to campaigns of both Republican Party and Democratic Party candidates, with the top 10 recipients of his political contributions being six Democrats and four Republicans. After 2011, his campaign contributions were more favorable to Republicans than to Democrats.

Trump was an early supporter of Republican Ronald Reagan for President. When asked in 2015 which recent President was best, Trump picked Democrat Bill Clinton over Republicans George H W Bush and George W Bush. The Clintons' foundation has received between $100,000 and $250,000 from Trump, and they attended Trump's 2005 wedding reception. Trump wrote in 2008 that Hillary Clinton would be a "great President or Vice President."

Trump's party affiliation has changed over the years. Until 1987, he was a Democrat, then he was a Republican from 1987 to 1999. He then switched to the Reform Party from 1999 to 2001.  From 2001 to 2009 he was a Democrat again. He switched to the Republican Party again from 2009 to 2011. An independent from 2011 to 2012, he returned to the Republican Party in 2012, where he has remained.

Trump floated the idea of running for President in 1988, 2004, and 2012, and for Governor of New York in 2006 and 2014, but did not enter those races. He was considered as a potential running mate as the candidate for Vice President with George H W Bush on the Republican Party's 1988 Presidential ticket, but lost out to future Vice President Dan Quayle. There is dispute over whether Trump or the Bush camp made the initial pitch. In 1999, Trump filed an exploratory committee to seek the Presidential nomination of the Reform Party in 2000.

Apr 2011, Questioned President Barack Obama's proof of citizenship

May 16, 2011, Announced he would not run for President in 2012

Feb 2 2012, Endorsed Mitt Romney for President U.S.  

Mar 15 2013, Was a featured speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The speech was not well attended.

Spent over $1 million to research a possible run for President U.S.

Oct 2013, New York Republicans had circulated a memo suggesting Trump should run for Governor of the state in 2014, against Governor Andrew Cuomo. Trump said that while New York had problems and taxes were too high, running for Governor was not of great interest to him.

Feb 2015, Opted not to renew his television contract for the reality game show The Apprentice, generating speculation that he might run for President in 2016

Jun 16 2015, Announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for President U.S. at Trump Tower in New York City

May 3 2016, After winning the Indiana Republican primary and  Texas Senator Ted Cruz's subsequent withdrawal from the race, Trump was declared the presumptive Republican nominee for President of the United States for the Republican Party by Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus

May 26 2016, Reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican Party nomination for President U.S.

Jul 19 2016 Officially becomes the Republican Party nominee for President U.S. as voted on at the Republican National Convention  

2016 Republican Party candidate for President U.S., elected

Jan 20 2017 Assumed office as 45th President U.S.

Jan 20 2017-Jan 20 2021 45th President U.S.

In attendance at the Presidential inauguration with incoming President Donald Trump, incoming First Lady Melania Trump, outgoing President Barack Obama, outgoing First Lady Michelle Obama,  incoming Vice President Mike Pence, incoming Second Lady Karen Pence, outgoing Vice President Joe Biden, outgoing Second Lady Jill Biden, former President George W Bush, former First Lady Laura Bush, former President Bill Clinton, former First Lady Hillary Clinton, former President Jimmy Carter, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Second Lady Lynne Cheney, former Vice President Dan Quayle, former Second Lady Marilyn Quayle

Sep 24 2019 An impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump began after a whistleblower alleged that U.S. President Donald Trump and other top government officials had pressured the leaders of foreign nations, most notably Ukraine, to investigate former U.S. Vice President and 2020 Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter

Dec 13 2019 The House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment against President Trump, setting up a historic vote before the full House that would make him only the third President to be impeached. The impeachment articles accused President Trump of abusing the power of his office and of obstruction of Congress. The Democratic controlled committee recommended that the House ratify the articles of impeachment against the 45th President. Each of the articles passed 23 yea to 17 nay, along strictly partisan lines.

Dec 18 2019 The U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Trump on two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, making him the third President in history to be charged with committing high crimes and misdemeanors and face potential removal by the U.S.  Senate. On the first charge, abuse of power, the vote was 230 yea, 197 nay, 1 voting present, 3 not voting. On the second charge, obstruction of Congress, the vote was 229 yea, 198 nay, 1 voting present, 3 not voting. Voting was along party lines.

Feb 5 2020 The U.S. Senate found President Trump not guilty on two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The vote on the first article of impeachment was 52 not guilty, all Republicans, 48 guilty, consisting of 45 Democrats, 1 Republican, Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, 2 Independent Senators, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Senator Angus King of Maine. The vote on the second article of impeachment was 53 not guilty, all Republicans, 47 guilty, consisting of 45 Democrats, 2 Independent Senators, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Senator Angus King of Maine.

Aug 24 2020 Formally nominated as the Republican Party candidate for President U.S.

2020 Republican Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Joe Biden

Jan 13 2021 The U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Trump on one article of impeachment, incitement of insurrection, making Trump the first President to be impeached twice. The vote was 232 to impeach, consisting of 222 Democrats, 10 Republicans, 197 not to impeach, consisting of 197 Republicans, 5 not voting, consisting of 1 Democrat, 4 Republicans.

Feb 13 2021 Further to the one article of impeachment, incitement of insurrection, the U.S. Senate voted  to find Trump not guilty, which, if  found guilty, would have meant that Trump would not be eligible to run for any federal office at any time in the future. The vote was 57 guilty, consisting of 50 Democrats, 7 Republicans, 43 not guilty, consisting of 43 Republicans. A two thirds majority was necessary to find Trump guilty.
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First Lady of the United States Melania Trump, 2017-2021

Born in Slovenia.  

Is the first foreign born woman to hold the office of First Lady of the United States since Louisa Adams, the British born wife of John Quincy Adams, who served from 1825 to 1829.

Attended the Secondary School of Design and Photography in Ljubljana and studied at the University of Ljubljana for one year before dropping out.

Became a successful fashion model.

Obtained a green card and became a lawful permanent U.S. resident in 2001. Obtained U.S. citizenship in 2006.

Fluent in five languages, Slovenian, English, French, Serbian, German.

As First Lady, has announced she will be focusing on helping bullied youth and disadvantaged women, and channel her experience as an immigrant into efforts to boost civic pride.

The first White House event led by Melania Trump was a luncheon for International Women's Day on Mar 8 2017. Trump spoke to an audience of women about her life as a female immigrant, and about working towards gender equality both domestically and abroad, noting the role of education as a tool against gender inequality.

Mike Pence IN Democratic before early 1980s, Republican early 1980s-Present

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Brother-in-law of Denise Pence, wife of Greg Pence. Denise Pence was a delegate from IN to  2016 Republican National Convention and cast a vote there for Donald Trump and Mike Pence to be the party's nominees for President and Vice President.
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Was politically influenced by the Irish Catholic leanings of his family

Grew up idolizing President John F Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr

Volunteered for the Bartholomew County Democratic Party as a high school student

1981 Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Hanover College

While church had played an important role in his early family life, he became more deeply religious as a student at Hanover College. Additionally, although he voted for Jimmy Carter in 1980, he became inspired by Ronald Reagan and the Republican Party.

While in college, became an evangelical, born again Christian

1981-1983 After graduating from Hanover College, worked as an admissions counselor at the college

1986 Graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from Indiana University Robert H McKinney School of Law

After graduating from law school, worked as an attorney in private practice

Became a precinct committeeman for the Marion County Republican Party

1988 Republican Party candidate for U.S. House of Representatives IN, lost

1990 Republican Party candidate for U.S. House of Representatives IN, lost

1991-1993 Served as president of the Indiana Policy Review Foundation,  a self-described free market think tank and as well served as a member of the State Policy Network

1992 Began broadcasting "The Mike Pence Show", a conservative talk radio program broadcast from Rushville, IN. The program was syndicated state wide 1994, airing weekdays on 18 radio stations. Also hosted a Sunday morning political TV program 1995-1999.

Was unapologetic in his support of a conservative agenda, but was commended for his level headed manner and willingness to listen to opposing views

2000 Elected to U.S. House of Representatives IN, reelected 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010

Jan 3 2001-Jan 3 2013 U.S. House of Representatives IN

Nov 8 2006 Announced his candidacy for leader of the Republican Party (Minority Leader) in the United States House of Representatives. Pence's release announcing his run for Minority Leader focused on a "return to the values" of the 1994 Republican Revolution. Nov 17, Pence lost to Representative John Boehner of Ohio.

Jan 3 2009-Jan 3 2011 Chair of the House Republican Conference, the third-highest-ranking Republican leadership position in the U.S. House of Representatives

2010 Was encouraged to run against incumbent Democratic Senator Evan Bayh for U.S. Senate IN. Pence opted not to run.

May 5 2011 Announced that he would seek the Republican Party nomination for Governor IN for the 2012 election. Won nomination and won election for Governor IN.

Jan 14 2013-Jan 9 2017 Governor IN

Jul 15 2016 Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump announced via twitter he had selected Mike Pence as his running mate for Vice President U.S. in the 2016 Presidential election

Jul 16 2016 Official announcement made by Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump with Governor Mike Pence at an event in Manhattan that Pence is the Trump choice for Vice President U.S. in the 2016 Presidential election

Jul 20 2016 Officially becomes the Republican Party nominee for Vice President U.S. as voted on at the Republican National Convention  

2016 Republican Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Donald Trump, elected

Jan 20 2017 Assumed office as 48th Vice President U.S.

Jan 20 2017-Jan 20 2021 48th Vice President U.S.

May 17 2017 Filed FEC paperwork to form Great America Committee, a PAC that would be headed by his former campaign staffers Nick Ayers and Marty Obst

Feb 27 2020 President Trump puts Vice President Pence in charge of the Coronavirus response

Aug 24 2020 Formally nominated as the Republican Party candidate for Vice President U.S.

2020 Republican  Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Donald Trump, lost

Post Vice Presidency

February 2021, It was announced that Pence will join the Heritage Foundation as a distinguished visiting fellow. He also joined the Young America's Foundation conservative youth organization, with plans to launch a new podcast with the group in the coming months. March 2021,  published an op-ed on a Heritage Foundation website which made false claims of fraud in the 2020 election. He also made numerous false claims about For the People Act, a Democratic bill under consideration by the Democratic-controlled House to improve voting access would "force states to adopt universal mail-in ballots" and would mean "millions of illegal immigrants are quickly registered to vote."

Pence narrates a four-part television series from Fox News Media on the career of radio host Rush Limbaugh which debuted in March 2021 titled Age of Rush. Pence had previously cited Limbaugh as an inspiration for his career in talk radio and then in politics. In April 2021, it was reported that Pence signed a deal with publisher Simon & Schuster for two books.

Second Lady of the United States Karen Pence, 2017- 2021

An educator, teacher, artist.

Attended Butler University where she studied to become a teacher, and minored in art. Received both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in elementary education from Butler University.

Has taught school at elementary and junior high school levels.

Took a class in watercolor painting. This led to a career painting portraits of houses.

Is known for dedication to promoting art as a way of healing.

Has been involved with youth-related nonprofit organizations.

In January 2019, it was reported that Pence was returning as the arts teacher for Immanuel Christian School, a private Christian school in Springfield, Virginia, southwest of Washington, D.C. Pence, who had worked for twelve years at the school as an arts teacher during her husband's tenure as a U.S. Representative, said in a statement that she was "excited to be back in the classroom and doing what I love to do," and that she had "missed teaching art."

The school had previously been criticized and accused of homophobia for not admitting LGBT students, posting a policy wherein it is permitted to turn away students who engage in, uphold, or accept "sexual immorality, homosexual activity, or bisexual activity", with the policy also applying to parents and employees. Pence was harshly criticized in the media and by LGBT advocates and advocacy organizations in the days following the announcement. Vice President Pence defended his wife's profession and decision, accusing her critics of attacking religious education. He said that he and his wife were "used to the criticism", but that he was angered over the criticism of his wife, opining that "to see major news organizations attacking Christian education is deeply offensive to us", and that it "should stop".




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Hillary Clinton NY Republican Before 1968, Democratic 1968-Present

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Sister of Hugh Rodham, Became investigator for Public Defender Dade County, FL 1980, became Assistant Public Defender Dade County, FL 1989

Wife of Bill Clinton

See 1992, Bill Clinton
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Raised in a politically conservative household

1960 At age thirteen helped canvass South Side Chicago following the very close U.S. Presidential election, where she found evidence of electoral fraud against Republican candidate Richard Nixon

1964 Volunteered to campaign for Republican candidate Barry Goldwater in U.S. Presidential election.  Became a "Goldwater Girl" during the campaign.

Early political development was shaped most by her high school history teacher, like her father, a fervent anticommunist, who introduced her to Goldwater's The Conscience of a Conservative, and by her Methodist youth minister, like her mother, concerned with issues of social justice, with whom she saw and met civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. in Chicago in 1962

1965 Enrolled at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts

Majored in political science. During her freshman year, served as president of Wellesley Young Republicans. With this Rockefeller Republican-oriented group, supported the elections of John Lindsay and Edward Brooke. Later stepped down from this position, as her views changed regarding the American Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War.

In junior year, became a supporter of the antiwar Presidential nomination campaign of Democrat Eugene McCarthy. Following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., organized a two-day student strike and worked with Wellesley's black students to recruit more black students and faculty.

Early 1968 Elected president of the Wellesley College Government Association and served through early 1969.  A number of her fellow students thought she might some day become the first female President of the United States.

Professor Alan Schechter assigned Rodham to intern at the House Republican Conference, and she attended the "Wellesley in Washington" summer program. Was invited by moderate New York Republican Representative Charles Goodell to help Governor Nelson Rockefeller's late-entry campaign for the 1968 Republican Presidential nomination. Attended the 1968 Republican National Convention. However, was upset by the way Richard Nixon's campaign portrayed Rockefeller and by what she perceived as the convention's "veiled" racist messages, and left the Republican Party for good.

1969 Graduated from Wellesley College with a Bachelor of Arts degree, with departmental honors in political science. After some fellow seniors requested that the college administration allow a student speaker at commencement, Rodham became the first student in Wellesley College history to speak at the event, following commencement speaker Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke.

1969 Entered Yale University Law School

Served on the editorial board of the Yale Review of Law and Social Action. During second year, worked at the Yale Child Study Center, learning about new research on early childhood brain development.

Summer 1970 Was awarded a grant to work at Marian Wright Edelman's Washington Research Project, where she was assigned to Senator Walter Mondale's Subcommittee on Migratory Labor

1971 Began dating Bill Clinton, also a law student at Yale

Summer 1971 Interned at the Oakland, California, law firm of Treuhaft, Walker and Burnstein. The firm was well known for its support of constitutional rights, civil liberties, and radical causes. Two of its four partners were current or former Communist Party members.

Summer 1972 Rodham and Clinton campaigned in Texas for unsuccessful 1972 Democratic Presidential candidate George McGovern

1973 Graduated from Yale University Law School with a Juris Doctor degree

1973  Failed Washington DC bar exam

1973 Passed Arkansas bar exam

Began a year of postgraduate study on children and medicine at the Yale Child Study Center

During her postgraduate study, Rodham served as staff attorney for Edelman's newly founded Children's Defense Fund in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and as a consultant to the Carnegie Council on Children

1974 Was a member of the impeachment inquiry staff in Washington, D.C., advising the House Committee on the Judiciary during the Watergate scandal. Under the guidance of Chief Counsel John Doar and senior member Bernard Nussbaum, Rodham helped research procedures of impeachment and the historical grounds and standards for impeachment. The committee's work culminated in the resignation of President Richard Nixon in August 1974.

By then, Rodham was viewed as someone with a bright political future. Democratic political organizer and consultant Betsey Wright had moved from Texas to Washington the previous year to help guide her career, and Wright thought Rodham had the potential to become a future Senator or President.

After failing the Washington DC bar exam, she followed Bill Clinton to Arkansas, rather than staying in Washington where career prospects were brighter. He was then teaching law and running, unsuccessfully as it would turn out, for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas.

In Aug 1974, Rodham moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas, and became one of only two female faculty members in the School of Law at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. She gave classes in criminal law, where she was considered a rigorous teacher and tough grader, and was the first director of the school's legal aid clinic.

1975 Married Bill Clinton

1976 Campaign director of field operations in Indiana for Jimmy Carter's Presidential election campaign

1977 Joined the venerable Rose Law Firm, a bastion of Arkansan political and economic influence. Specialized in patent infringement and intellectual property law while also working pro bono in child advocacy, rarely performed litigation work in court.

Husband Bill Clinton Attorney General AR 1977-1979

Dec 1977 President Carter nominated Hillary Clinton in a recess appointment  to the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term to expire in Jul 1980

Was nominated again in Jan 1978 as a regular appointment. In mid-1978, the Carter administration chose Clinton to become chair of the board, the first woman to become so.

Husband Bill Clinton Governor AR 1979-1981

Husband Bill Clinton defeated in bid for reelection Governor AR 1980

Husband Bill Clinton Governor AR 1983-1992

Jan 9 1979-Jan 19 1981 Hillary Clinton First Lady AR

Jan 11 1983-Dec 12 1992 Hillary Clinton First Lady AR

1979 Became the first woman to be made a full partner of Rose Law Firm

1983 As First Lady AR, was named chair of the Arkansas Educational Standards Committee

1983 Named Arkansas Woman of the Year

1984 Named Arkansas Mother of the Year

Husband Bill Clinton President U.S. 1993-2001

Jan 20 1993-Jan 20 2001 Hillary Clinton First Lady U.S.

When Bill Clinton took office as President in January 1993, Hillary Rodham Clinton became the First Lady of the United States, and announced that she would be using that form of her name

Was the first First Lady to hold a postgraduate degree and to have her own professional career up to the time of entering the White House. She was also the first First Lady to have an office in the West Wing of the White House in addition to the usual First Lady offices in the East Wing. She was part of the innermost circle vetting appointments to the new administration and her choices filled at least eleven top-level positions and dozens more lower-level ones. She is regarded as the most openly empowered Presidential wife in American history, save for Eleanor Roosevelt.

1993 President Bill Clinton appointed First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton to head the Task Force on National Health Care Reforms

1997 Along with Senators Ted Kennedy and Orrin Hatch, was a force behind the passage of the State Children's Health Insurance Program

Worked to investigate reports of an illness that affected veterans of the Gulf War, which became known as the Gulf War syndrome

Together with Attorney General Janet Reno, helped create the Office on Violence Against Women at the Department of Justice

1997 Initiated and shepherded the Adoption and Safe Families Act, which she regarded as her greatest accomplishment as First Lady

1997 Hosted White House Conference on Child Care

1997 Hosted White House Conference on Early Childhood Development and Learning

1999 Hosted White House Conference on Philanthropy

1999 Was instrumental in the passage of the Foster Care Independence Act

Sep 1999 Bill and Hillary Clinton relocate to Chappaqua, New York

2000 Hosted White House Conference on Children and Adolescents

2000 Hosted White House Conference on Teenagers

Initiated and was founding chair of the Save America's Treasures program, a national effort that matched federal funds to private donations to preserve and restore historic items and sites

Head of the White House Millennium Council and hosted Millennium Evenings, a series of lectures that discussed futures studies

Created the first White House Sculpture Garden, located in the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, which displayed large contemporary American works of art loaned from museums

Jan 3 2001-Jan 21 2009 U.S. Senate NY

2008 Candidate for Democratic Party nomination for President U.S., lost to Barack Obama

2008 Endorsed Barack Obama and campaigned frequently for him after Obama secured the Democratic Presidential nomination

Jan 21 2009-Feb 1 2013 U.S. Secretary of State under President Barack Obama

Jun 10 2014 Launched book tour for her memoir Hard Choices

Apr 12 2015 Formally announced candidacy for Democratic nomination for President U.S. for 2016 Presidential election

Jun 6 2016 Earns enough delegates, with pledged delegates combined with super delegates, to become the presumptive Democratic nominee for President U.S.

Jun 7 2016 Earns enough pledged delegates to become the presumptive Democratic nominee for President U.S.

Becomes the first female to become the Presidential nominee of a major party

Jun 9 2016 Officially endorsed by President Barack Obama for President U.S.

Jul 26 2016 Officially becomes the Democratic Party nominee for President U.S. as voted on at the Democratic National Convention    

2016 Democratic Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Donald Trump

Mar 4 2019 Announced she will not run for President U.S. in 2020, stating she was going to keep on working and speaking and standing up for what she believes

Aug 19 2020 Addresses Democratic National Convention in support of Joe Biden

Hillary Clinton was selected as a member of the Electoral College. She served as a Democratic member of the Electoral College for the state of New York. The Electoral College met December 14 2020.

Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, was selected as a Democratic member of the Electoral College for the state of New York as well
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Tim Kaine VA Democratic

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Husband of Anne Holton, After graduation from Harvard Law School served as a law clerk for Judge Robert R Merhige, Jr of the Richmond-based United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 1983-1985, an attorney for the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society 1985-1998, Judge on the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for the City of Richmond 1998-2005, Chief Judge of the court 2000-2003, resigned from the bench following her husband's election as Governor Virginia in Dec 2005, Secretary of Education Virginia 2014-2016, interim president  George Mason University Jun 20 2019-Aug 1 2019

Son-in-law of A Linwood Holton Jr, A Republican, unsuccessful candidate for Governor Virginia 1965, Governor Virginia 1970-1974, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, (later renamed U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs) 1974-1975, unsuccessful candidate for Republican Party nomination for U.S. Senate Virginia 1978    
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1979 Received Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Missouri, completing his degree in three years

1978 A Coro Foundation fellow in Kansas City

Coro is an American non-partisan, non-profit organization best known for its fellowship program dedicated to teaching skills useful in leadership in public affairs to young adults

Attended Harvard Law School, taking a break during law school to work with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Honduras. Worked in Honduras for nine months 1980-1981, helping Jesuit missionaries who ran a Catholic school in El Progreso

Is fluent in Spanish as a result of his time in Honduras

1983 Graduated from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor degree

1984 Admitted to Virginia Bar

Practiced law in Richmond for 17 years, specializing in fair housing law and representing clients discriminated against on the basis of race or disability

A board member of the Virginia chapter of Housing Opportunities Made Equal

Did regular pro bono work

An adjunct professor at the University of Richmond School of Law for six years, teaching legal ethics

A founding member of the Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness

1994-1998 Member City Council city of Richmond, VA

Jul 1 1998-Sep 10 2001 Mayor city of Richmond, VA

Was chosen  as Mayor by a majority-black City Council, becoming the city's first white Mayor in more than ten years

Until 2004, the Mayor of Richmond was chosen by the City Council from among its membership. Under the present system, the Mayor is chosen by popular vote. Previous Mayors had treated the role as primarily a ceremonial one, with the City Manager effectively operating the city. Kaine treated the office of Mayor as a full-time job, taking a more hands-on role.

Jan 12 2002-Jan 14 2006 Lieutenant Governor VA

Jan 14 2006-Jan 16 2010 Governor VA

Jan 31 2006 Gave the Democratic Party response to President George W Bush's 2006 State of the Union address

Jan 21 2009-Apr 5 2011 Chair of Democratic National Committee

Jan 3 2013 Assumed office U.S. Senate VA

Jul 22 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton announced that she had selected Kaine as her Vice Presidential running mate in the 2016 Presidential election

Jul 27 2016 Officially becomes the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President U.S. as voted on at the Democratic National Convention    

2016 Democratic Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Hillary Clinton, lost

Nov 6 2018 Reelected to U.S. Senate VA

Jan 3 2019 Sworn into office for another term as U.S. Senator VA
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Gary Johnson NM Libertarian Party candidate for President U.S. See 2012

Bill Weld MA, NY, Republican, Libertarian Party, Republican


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Descendant of Edmund Weld, who was among the earliest students, Class of 1650, at Harvard College. He would be followed by eighteen more Welds at Harvard, where two buildings are named for the family.

Descendant of General Stephen Minot Weld Jr, who fought with distinction in many major battles of the U.S. Civil War

Son of Mary Nichols Weld, who was a descendant of William Floyd, who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence

Weld's first wife, Susan Roosevelt Weld, was General Counsel to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, and is a great granddaughter of Theodore Roosevelt

Weld's second wife, Leslie Marshall, is a former daughter-in-law of Ben Bradlee, Executive Editor of The Washington Post
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1966 Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree Summa Cum Laude in economics from Harvard College

Studied economics at University College, Oxford

1970 Graduated with a Juris Doctor cum laude from Harvard Law School

1974 A counsel with the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate impeachment inquiry, where one of his colleagues was Hillary Rodham

1978 Republican candidate for Massachusetts Attorney General, lost

1981-1986 United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts

1986-1988 United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division

Jan 3 1991-Jul 29 1997 Governor Massachusetts, elected 1990, reelected 1994

1996 Republican Party candidate for U.S. Senate Massachusetts, lost to Democratic incumbent Senator John Kerry

Jul 1997 Was nominated to become United States Ambassador to Mexico by President Bill Clinton, but his nomination stalled after Senate Foreign Relations committee Chairman, Republican Jesse Helms, refused to hold a hearing on the nomination

Jul 29 1997 Resigned as Governor of Massachusetts to devote full attention to campaigning for the ambassadorship, even though few thought he would be successful

Sep 15 1997 Withdrew nomination as Ambassador to Mexico

Is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations

Co-chaired the Independent Task Force on North America under the Council on Foreign Relations, which studied the liberalization of markets and free trade between the United States, Canada, and Mexico

2000 Moved to New York

2004 During the reelection campaign of President George W Bush, Weld helped Bush prepare for the Presidential debates against Democratic Presidential nominee John Kerry

Aug 19 2005 Officially announced candidacy for Governor of New York, seeking to become the second person after Sam Houston to serve as Governor of two different U.S. states.  Houston served as Governor of Tennessee 1827-1829 and as Governor of Texas 1859-1861.

Apr 29 2006 Received Libertarian Party nomination for Governor New York

Jun 1 2006 Failed to win Republican Party nomination for Governor New York

Jun 2 2006 Withdrew from the race for Governor New York

Feb 27, 28 2007 Passed the New York State Bar examination, was admitted to practice law in the State of New York in 2008

Jan 8 2007 Publicly endorsed Mitt Romney for President U.S.

Served as co-chairman for Romney's campaign in New York State

Was also active in campaigning for Romney in New Hampshire

2008 Endorsed Barack Obama over John McCain for President U.S.

2012 Endorsed Mitt Romney for President U.S.

2016 Endorsed Ohio Governor John Kasich for 2016 Republican nomination for President U.S.

May 18 2016 Chosen to be the running mate for Vice President U.S. of former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, on the Libertarian Party ticket

May 29 2016 Formally nominated and accepted as the Libertarian Party's nominee for Vice President U.S.

2016 Libertarian Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Gary Johnson, lost

Jan 17 2019 Rejoined Republican Party, increasing speculation that he would run for President U.S. in 2020

Feb 14 2019 Announced he was launching a Presidential exploratory committee for the 2020 Republican Presidential primary against incumbent Republican President Donald Trump

Apr 15 2019 Officially announced he would be running for President U.S., challenging incumbent President Donald Trump for the 2020 Republican Presidential nomination
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Jill Stein MA Green Party candidate for President U.S. See 2012

Ajamu Baraka GA Green Party


Served in United States Army during Vietnam War

Attended graduate school at Clark Atlanta University where W E B Dubois had taught

Is a longtime human rights activist

Is the founding executive director of the U.S. Human Rights Network

Is the coordinator of the U.S. based Black Left Unity Network’s Committee on International Affairs

For years has led efforts by the U.S. Human Rights Network to challenge police brutality and racism in the United States by bringing these issues to the United Nations

1998 Was one of 300 human rights workers honored by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan

2001 Named "abolitionist of the year" by the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty for his efforts to end the death penalty in the United States

In an interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, Baraka said that after serving in the U.S. military, he moved to the South where he said he "got involved in a lot of the anti-apartheid work"

Noting the importance of W.E.B. Dubois in the formation of his black internationalist worldview, Baraka said he got "involved in the Central America solidarity movement, organizing delegations to Nicaragua in support of the unfolding revolution in that country," then became an Amnesty International volunteer, eventually moving up to the board of the organization

2004-2011 Served as the founding executive director of the US Human Rights Network, a national network that grew to over 300 U.S. based organizations and 1500 individual members. He is currently an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.

Has served on the boards of several human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Africa Action

2008 Worked with the US Human Rights Network and over 400 organizations to develop a CERD Shadow Report, which concerned US compliance with the terms of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. They felt the US government's reports did not adequately address racial profiling, displacement from Hurricane Katrina, and land rights for the Western Shoshone, among other issues. A large delegation presented their findings.

Oct 2014 Traveled to the Palestinian territories with the African Heritage delegation. From their experiences there, the 18 delegates drafted six findings and demands and urged the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) "to support moves to hold Israel accountable to international law." These findings / demands included: "settlement expansion amounts to ethnic cleansing and 21st century colonialism", the settlements should not be financed or weaponized by the US, "Israel deports, harasses, detains, poisons, and even sterilizes its African refugees", "The global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement is an essential tool in the struggle for Palestinian liberation."

Sep 2015 Wrote of being a human-rights activist: "If today leftists in the U.S. can find a way to reconcile the suffering of the people of Yemen and Gaza and all of occupied Palestine for the greater good of electing Sanders, tomorrow my life and the movement that I am a part of that is committed to fighting this corrupt, degenerate, white supremacist monstrosity called the United States, can be labeled as enemies of the state and subjected to brutal repression with the same level of silence from these leftists."

Aug 1 2016 Green Party presumptive Presidential nominee Jill Stein announced that Baraka would be her Vice Presidential running mate. Stein and Baraka were formally nominated by delegates at the 2016 Green Party National Convention on Aug 6, 2016. In his acceptance speech, Baraka said that he joined the Green Party effort to "build a multinational movement here in this country based on the needs and the aspirations of working people."

Sep 2016 A Morton County, North Dakota judge issued an arrest warrant against Baraka and Jill Stein, after the two were charged with misdemeanor criminal trespassing and criminal mischief in connection with their protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline

2016 Green Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Jill Stein, lost



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Evan McMullin UT Republican Before 2016, Independent 2016-Present


1995-1997 Served a two year proselyting mission for his church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Brazil

He had been interested in the CIA since watching Three Days of the Condor as a child, and contacted a recruiter in high school whom he kept in touch with for the next several years

1997 Began attending Brigham Young University, where he did a summer internship with the CIA every year he was in college

Spent a year living in Israel and Jordan and volunteered as a refugee resettlement officer for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

2001 Graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor's degree in International Law and Diplomacy and began formal training with the CIA to become an operative

2003-2010 Served as a CIA operations officer. Soon after he joined the CIA, the September 11 attacks occurred, leading to an accelerated training and deployment. He spent the next decade working overseas on counterterrorism and intelligence operations as an operations officer with the National Clandestine Service in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia.

2011 Graduated from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania with a Master's of Business Administration degree

Of interest, Donald Trump, Republican Party candidate for President U.S. 2016, had as well graduated from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1968 with a Bachelor's degree in economics

While the details of his CIA missions remain classified, former CIA officers who worked with McMullin were complimentary of his work, noting his talent for recruiting members of extremist organizations through building trust, and willingness to engage in human intelligence outside the confines of the embassy. Some of his missions included information gathering for efforts against the Taliban and al-Qaeda. Near the end of his CIA career, he worked undercover in Iraq. He has stated that his work involved meeting with business and government leaders, as well as collecting information from terrorist operatives.

After leaving the CIA and graduating from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 2011, McMullin began working for the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs

Is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations

2012 Volunteered for Mitt Romney's Presidential campaign, which indirectly led to him being recruited by Republicans on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs looking for an adviser with counter-terrorism experience

2013 Was an International Advisory Board member for the Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University

2013 Became a senior adviser on national security issues for the House Committee on Foreign Affairs for the 113th Congress

2015 Became the chief policy director of the House Republican Conference under Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Republican, WA

It was from this position that he watched the 2016 Republican primaries, and when he began to speak out against Trump he was urged by some Republicans to stay out of the fray

Aug 2016 Resigned as chief policy director shortly before declaring his run for the Presidency

Aug 8 2016 McMullin announced that he would run as a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 Presidential election as an independent. Decided to run due to his belief that Republican nominee Donald Trump was unfit for the office and his strong opposition to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's liberalism. He had personally lobbied several Congresspeople to run under the Better for America banner, but when none would run and it was suggested to him that he should run himself, he decided to do so.

McMullin had the support of several anti-Trump Republican donors and his Presidential bid was also backed by several former members of Better for America, a 501 organization dedicated to getting nationwide ballot access for an independent candidate for President in the 2016 election. McMullin's campaign is supported by some members of the "Never Trump" movement.

The same day that McMullin launched his independent bid it was announced that Kahlil Byrd and Chris Ashby, Republican strategists with expertise in third-party ballot access, would form a super PAC called Stand Up America to support McMullin's campaign. Byrd is a former adviser for Better for America. The PAC would be used for TV and digital ads, live events, and grass-roots organizing, but would not sue for ballot access.

2016 Independent candidate for President U.S., lost to Donald Trump

Mindy Finn DC Republican Before 2016, Independent 2016-Present

Holds a master's degree in political management from George Washington University and a bachelor's degree from Boston University

Worked at Twitter heading up strategic partnerships in Washington, D.C., and specializing in business development

Founder and current president of Empowered Women, a non-profit working to expand and diversify the conversation on feminism and women's equality

Was recently named one of "50 Politicos to Watch" by POLITICO

Has been named one of the Best in Digital by FamousDC

Was a founding partner of Engage, an online media strategy company

Left Engage to pursue an opportunity at Twitter in late 2011

Most of Finn’s work focuses on technology’s impact on politics and democracy, and she has built tools and programs to empower individuals to organize and shape policy

Has worked on or led digital programs for President George W. Bush and Governor Mitt Romney

Began her career as a Congressional correspondent for the Waterbury, Connecticut Republican-American and as a staffer for Senator Mike Enzi, Republican, WY, and Representative Lamar Smith, Republican, TX

Is a panelist and lecturer and has spoken at the South by Southwest Interactive conference, the Personal Democracy Forum, the Brookings Institution, the Edelman Academic Summit, the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University, the Milken Institute, the American Political Science Association Summit, Kellogg’s Media Management Center at Northwestern University, the New Politics Institute at the University of Texas, the American Association of Political Consultants, Politics Online, Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Germany), and Fundacion Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Dominican Republic)

Was named a “Tech Titan” by the Washingtonian in 2011, a “Rising Star” by Campaigns & Elections Magazine in 2007, and a “Top 10 Political Powerhouse under 30” by Glamour Magazine

Has appeared on MSNBC, Fox News, C-SPAN, NPR and other media channels to provide political commentary

Is regularly quoted in print publications, including Politico

Has been profiled in numerous publications, including National Journal, Campaigns & Elections, and the Washington Post

2016 Independent candidate for Vice President U.S. with Evan McMullin, lost

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Darrell Castle TN Constitution Party candidate for President U.S., See 2008

Scott Bradley UT Constitution Party

Served in Utah Air National Guard

Served a two year proselyting mission for his church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints  

Has a bachelor of arts degree from Westminster College, a masters of public administration degree from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. in constitutional law from George Wythe University

For thirteen years, worked as an executive at AT&T, where he managed cutting-edge telecommunications projects and worked in all facets of corporate management, including strategic planning, and a leadership assignment responsible for delivery of secured communications for the U.S. Department of Defense (North American Air Defense Command—NORAD)

Held an administrative position with Utah State University as a Department Head and Director for sixteen years

Is Founder and Chairman of the Constitution Commemoration Foundation, a non-profit educational organization which seeks to foster increased understanding of the U. S. Constitution and encourages a return to proper government as understood and practiced at the time of America’s Founding

Is the author of the book and DVD/CD lecture series “To Preserve the Nation”  

Hosts a talk radio show devoted to constitutional principles and their application to current political issues

Has been active in the political process for more than 40 years, formerly serving at various times as a County Central Committee member, a Precinct Chairman, County Delegate, State Delegate, State Central Committee member, National Committee member, Platform Committee member, and as a National Executive Committee member  

Ran twice unsuccessfully for the United States Senate for Utah, in 2006 and 2010, in an effort to better champion the United States Constitution and restore the principles upon which the United States was originally established

2016 Constitution Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Darrell Castle, lost

Gloria La Riva CA Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate for President U.S., Peace and Freedom Party candidate for President U.S. in California, see 1984

Eugene Puryear DC Party for Socialism and Liberation

Studied at Howard University, where he became a lead organizer with the anti-war ANSWER coalition

2005 As a freshman at Howard was interviewed by the Washington Post as an "activist-in-training" and cited his engagement with activism against gentrification, racism, the US occupation of Iraq and other issues

Has helped organize large protests against the Israeli blockade of Gaza

Writes for the PSL's newspaper and journal

2008 Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate for Vice President U.S. with Gloria La Riva, lost

However, Puryear was not eligible to hold the office because he was not at least 35 years old

Nov 2010 RT interviewed Puryear regarding socialism in the United States

2011 Puryear and the ANSWER coalition were involved in the campaign to free the Jena 6

2014 Was a candidate for the At-Large seat in the DC Council with the D.C. Statehood Green Party, lost

Jul 2015 Puryear was announced as the candidate for Vice President U.S. on the ticket with Gloria La Riva as the candidate for President U.S. for the Party for Socialism and Liberation for the 2016 Presidential election  

However, Puryear was not eligible to hold the office because he was not at least 35 years old

2016 Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate for Vice President U.S. with Gloria La Riva, lost

2016 Was a critic of candidate for Democratic nomination for President U.S. Bernie Sanders

Dennis Banks MN Peace and Freedom Party in California

A Native American leader, teacher, lecturer, activist and author

1968 Co-founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) in Minneapolis, MN

1969-1971 Participated in the occupation of Alcatraz Island, initiated by Indian students from San Francisco of the Red Power movement

1973 Went to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota when the local civil rights organization asked for help in dealing with law enforcement authorities in nearby border towns

As a result of involvement in Custer and Wounded Knee, Banks and 300 others were arrested and faced trial. He was acquitted of the Wounded Knee charges, but was convicted of incitement to riot and assault stemming from the earlier confrontation at Custer.

Refusing the prison term, Banks went underground and organized a small armed AIM group

During his time in California from 1976 to 1983, earned an associate's degree from the University of California, Davis

Taught at Deganawida Quetzecoatl University (DQU), a Native American-controlled institute of alternative higher learning, where he became the first American Indian chancellor

1978 Established the first spiritual run from Davis to Los Angeles, which is now an annual event

Spring 1979 Taught at Stanford University

1984 Received sanctuary from the Onondaga Nation in upstate New York. While in New York, organized the Great Jim Thorpe Longest Run from New York to Los Angeles; the goal was to restore the gold medals Thorpe had won at the 1912 Olympics to the Thorpe family.

1985 Left Onondaga to surrender to law enforcement officials in South Dakota. Served 18 months in prison related to the 1973 charges for the Custer riot

2006 Led Sacred Run 2006, a spiritual run from San Francisco's Alcatraz Island to Washington, D.C.

Is a member of the Board of Trustees for Leech Lake Tribal College, a public, two-year college located just outside Cass Lake, Minnesota. Participates in governance of and fundraising for the college, which has a student body that is primarily Native American.

2016 Candidate Peace and Freedom Party in California for Vice President U.S. with Gloria La Riva, lost


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Rocky De La Fuente FL American Delta Party, Reform Party U.S.A., Democratic

As a youth attended Saint Catherine's Military Academy in Anaheim, CA

Earned a B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics from the Instituto Patria National Autonomous University of Mexico

Studied Accounting & Business Administration at Anahuac University near Mexico City

Between 1976 and 1990, acquired automobile dealerships from Alfa Romeo, American Motor Corporation, Audi, Cadillac, Chrysler, Daihatsu, Dodge, GMC, Honda, and others

Opened eleven currency exchange locations in United States and Mexico

Owns businesses and properties in Dominican Republic, Mexico, United States, Uruguay

2016 Candidate for Democratic Party nomination for President U.S., lost to Hillary Clinton

Founded the American Delta Party as a vehicle to continue his campaign into the general election as a third party candidate

2016 American Delta Party and Reform Party U.S.A. candidate for President U.S., lost to Donald Trump

Identifies as a progressive Democrat, says he was inspired to run after becoming dissatisfied with the slate of candidates, especially Donald Trump, whom he accuses of alienating large segments of the population

2016 Candidate for Democratic Party nomination for U.S. Senate FL, lost

2020 Alliance Party candidate for President U.S., lost

Michael Steinberg FL Democratic before 2016, American Delta Party, Reform Party U.S.A. 2016-Present

Received bachelor's degree in economics and law degree from the University of Florida

In addition to his career as an attorney practicing Social Security law, he has served on the Florida Bar Association's military law subcommittee

2002 Democratic Party candidate for Florida State Legislature, lost

2006 Democratic  Party candidate for U.S. House of Representatives FL, lost

Steinberg played a significant role in an unusual incident in Florida elections. When his wife Miriam Steinberg was running for office, Florida district 64 in 2014, he filed a lawsuit to disqualify a competing write in candidate. Although the lawsuit was successful, the election was ruled invalid, and the seat was vacant until a special election could be held. As a result, the election winner J. W. Grant was out of office for a period, and his term limit clock was effectively reset. It was later ruled the write-in candidate should not have been disqualified.

Miriam lost the election to Grant by about 59:40 margin.

Subsequently, the election was ruled unconstitutional and the Florida legislature voted not to accept the result.

Miriam then failed to file new fees to run again against Grant in a special election (although Michael filed a claim against the Florida Election Commission disputing the fee requirement).

This resulted in Grant's only opponent being a write-in candidate. No write-in candidate has ever won an election in Florida, and the special election was going to be run costing hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Grant was about to be running up against a Florida term limit law, but because the regular election was ruled invalid the seat was vacant for most of 2015 legislative session.

2016 Candidate for Democratic Party nomination for President U.S., lost to Hillary Clinton

2016 American Delta Party and Reform Party U.S.A. candidate for Vice President U.S. with Rocky De La Fuente, lost
 
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Chris Keniston TX Veterans Party of America

 After graduating from high school briefly worked as retail clerk before joining the U.S. Air Force

1996-2010 U.S. Air Force

Is the third generation of his family to serve in the U.S. armed forces

During his military service, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in professional aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Following an honorable discharge from the Air Force, went to work in the private sector as a reliability engineer

After return to civilian life completed post graduate courses and is a certified maintenance and reliability professional who has led corporate "continuous improvement" efforts focusing on equipment maintenance and reliability, and industrial health and safety

As a member of the Veterans Party of America, has served as Louisiana State Chair, Texas Member-At-Large, and National Secretary

2016 Veterans Party of America candidate for President U.S., lost to Donald Trump

Deacon Taylor NV Veterans Party of America

At age 17 joined the U.S. Army and served for 7 years at the Joint Readiness Training Center and JFK Special Warfare Center, until receiving an honorable discharge

After military service obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with honors at Colorado State University in Construction Management

While at CSU honed his leadership ability by organizing a mechanical contractors association chapter and a non-traditional students group of veterans, which formed the foundation of the Student Veterans of America chapter at CSU

Is nationally recognized in the emerging arena of building science

In Nevada, while managing construction sites, and volunteering with local building authorities, authored public policies for a statewide energy program

To adapt his work in Nevada to a broader, national level, took on consulting roles and traveled the nation to continuing helping major corporate entities collegiate programs, government/utility programs, and small businesses improve their construction standards

2016 Veterans Party of America candidate for Vice President U.S. with Chris Keniston, lost

    

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Alyson Kennedy IL Socialist Workers Party

Originally from Indianapolis, Kennedy joined the socialist movement in 1973 in Louisville, Kentucky

Has worked in coal mines in Alabama, Colorado, Utah, and West Virginia

1977 Ran as the SWP candidate for Mayor of Cleveland, OH, lost

First joined the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) in 1981, and was one of the leaders of a strike in Utah 2004 also being involved in litigation

2000 Ran for U.S. Senate in Missouri as a certified write-in candidate in race prompted by the death of candidate and former Governor of Missouri Mel Carnahan

Employed as a garment worker

2008 Socialist Workers Party candidate for Vice President U.S., lost

The ticket campaigned for young voters especially

At the head of the ticket were two different candidates, Roger Calero and James Harris; Harris was an alternate in some states because Calero was Constitutionally ineligible because he is a lawful permanent resident of the United States (holding a green card), and not a US Citizen

2016 Socialist Workers Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Donald Trump

2019 Socialist Workers Party candidate for Mayor Dallas, TX, lost

2020 Socialist Workers Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Joe Biden

Osborne Hart PA Socialist Workers Party


Hart's father was a career soldier and he traveled extensively as a youth

Activism began in the 1960s during the African-American Civil Rights Movement

Has been active in the solidarity movement with socialist Cuba and other political movements

Has run for several offices, including for Mayor of Philadelphia in 2015

2016 Socialist Workers Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Alyson Kennedy, lost

Dan Vacek MN Legal Marijuana Now Party

2014 Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate for Attorney General MN, lost

2016 Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Donald Trump

Mark Elworth Jr NE Libertarian Party, Legal Marijuana Now Party

2014 Libertarian Party candidate for Governor NE, lost

2016 Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with Dan Vacek, lost




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« Reply #174 on: January 25, 2017, 03:36:02 PM »
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James Hedges PA Prohibition Party

Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Performance from the University of Iowa and holds a Master's degree in Geography from the University of Maryland

Served in the United States Marine Band as a tuba performer

Worked as editor of The National Speleological Society Bulletin

In high school, Hedges, whose parents were teetotallers for religious reasons, became interested in the Prohibition Party after reading an article in a newspaper

By the 1980s he had become active in the party, and rose to the position of Executive Secretary in 2003

2005 Was selected as the Secretary of the Partisan Prohibition Historical Society

Publishes the party's printed newsletter

Prior to the 2004 Presidential election, Hedges was involved in a schism within the party stemming from alleged misuse of funds and mismanagement by Earl Dodge, the party's long-time face

2001 Hedges secured the nominations of the Republican, Democratic and Prohibition Parties through write-in ballots to appear as the only candidate for Tax Assessor in Thompson Township,  PA. He won the election, and was sworn in in 2002.

He holds the distinction as the only individual to be elected to public office from the Prohibition Party in the 21st century, and was the first since two members of the Winona Lake, Indiana, city council were elected in 1959

Hedges was re-elected in 2005, and served until the office was abolished by the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 2007

Jan 1 2002-2007 Tax Assessor for Thompson Township, Fulton County, PA

After Gene Amondson's death in 2009, a vacancy opened for the Prohibition Party's 2012 Presidential nomination. Hedges announced on Feb 18, 2010, that he intended to run for the nomination. Lost the nomination to retired engineer Jack Fellure at the Cullman, Alabama Prohibition Party National Convention on Jun 22, 2011.

In the 2016 Presidential election cycle, Hedges was initially the preferred running mate for Vice President U.S. on a ticket with Greg Seltzer, the Prohibition Party's Chairman, who was seeking the party's Presidential nomination. In Apr 2015, Seltzer withdrew his candidacy and resigned as the party's Chairman upon being appointed by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to the Maryland Elections Board.

Following Seltzer's departure from the race, Hedges became a candidate for the party's Presidential nomination. Hedges received the Prohibition Party's 2016 Presidential nomination during a nominating convention held via conference call on Jul 31, 2015.

Hedges was an unsuccessful contestant in the American Independent Party Primary in California

In the 2016 Presidential election, Hedges had the best showing of any Prohibition nominee since 1988

2016 Prohibition Party candidate for President U.S., lost to Donald Trump

Bill Bayes MS Prohibition Party

His father was a US Army medic in the Korean War at the time of his birth

Growing up in the military, he was able to live in many different states and experience different parts of the country

Pursued a degree in music education, graduating from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1974

Was a high school band director and was also involved in many different sales ventures

Is a business owner in the manufacturing field

Has been involved in politics for many years and has participated in many local and state campaigns

The 2016 election, however, is the first time he has actually ran for public office

Is a strong believer in limited government and in constitutional rights
      
Has a strong belief that government is made up of public servants who are not our bosses

It is for this reason that he chose to run for Vice President U.S. on the Prohibition Party ticket, and help promote limited government for "We the People"

2016 Prohibition Party candidate for Vice President U.S. with James Hedges, lost


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