United States third party presidential candidates, 2008

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"Third party" is a term commonly used in the United States to refer to political parties other than the Democratic and Republican parties.

Officially declared candidates who have received a nomination on a third party ticket in the 2008 presidential election are listed below. Also listed are candidates who have no official party affiliation and are running as independents.

Contents 1 Boston Tea Party 2 Constitution Party 3 Green Party 4 Libertarian Party 5 Party for Socialism and Liberation 6 Prohibition Party 7 Socialist Party USA 8 Socialist Workers Party 9 Independents 10 See also 11 References 12 External links 12.1 Candidate campaign sites

[edit] Boston Tea Party

Presidential nominee
Charles Jay	Former boxing manager and spokesman, of Florida. Jay was selected as the nominee of the Boston Tea Party at its online Convention held June 15-16, 2008. He was the 2004 Presidential nominee of the Personal Choice Party.

Vice Presidential nominee
Thomas L. Knapp	Blogger, political activist, of Missouri.

[edit] Constitution Party

Presidential nominee
Chuck Baldwin		Pastor, long-time conservative political activist, and Constitution Party 2004 Vice Presidential nominee. Nominated by the Constitution Party at its 2008 National Convention on April 26, 2008.

Vice Presidential nominee
Darrell Castle	National Vice-Chair of the Constitution Party. Attorney, political activist and former Marine Corps Lieutenant from Tennessee.

Other candidates who ran for the nomination[1]
Susan Gail Ducey	Stay at home mom and regisitered nurse from Kansas. Started out 2008 presidential campaign running as a Republican then switched to independent prior to seeking the Constitution Party nomination. She was also a 1996 Republican presidential candidate and made a brief run for Congress in 2000 as a Republican in Oklahoma. She has ended her presidential campaign and is currently the Reform Party of Kansas candidate for Kansas's 4th congressional district.[2]
Daniel Imperato	Businessman from Florida and Libertarian Party presidential candidate.
Alan Keyes	Political activist, former U.S. diplomat. Three-time candidate for the Republican presidential nomination (1996, 2000, 2008), and three-time candidate for the U.S. Senate (1988, 1992, and 2004).
Max Riekse	Former U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel.[3]

[edit] Green Party

Presidential Nominee
Cynthia McKinney		Former Congresswoman from Georgia (1993-2003, 2005-2007). McKinney clinched the Green Party nomination on July 12, 2008 at its 2008 National Convention in Chicago, IL Wikinews has related news: Wikinews interviews U.S. Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney

Vice Presidential Nominee
Rosa Clemente	Commentator, political activist, community organizer and independent reporter from New York. Clemente has been delivering workshops, presentations and commentary for over ten years.

Other candidates who ran for the nomination
Jesse Johnson	Filmmaker, and 2006 Senate candidate and 2004 gubernatorial candidate for the Mountain Party from West Virginia.
Kent Mesplay	Biomedical engineer who sought Green presidential nomination in 2004 from California. Wikinews has related news: Wikinews interviews Kent Mesplay, Green Party presidential candidate
Kat Swift	State Party Co-Chair, progressive activist and newspaper credit manager from Texas.

[edit] Libertarian Party

Presidential nominee
Bob Barr		Former Congressman and U.S. Attorney from Georgia. Barr won the nomination of the Libertarian Party on May 25, 2008 at its 2008 National Convention, in Denver, Colorado. Wikinews has related news: Bob Barr wins the Libertarian Party presidential nomination

Vice Presidential nominee
Wayne Allyn Root		Sports handicapper, businessman, author, and TV show host from Nevada. Root also ran for the party's 2008 presidential nomination.

Other candidates who ran for the nomination[4]
Mike Gravel	Former U.S. Senator from Alaska. Previously a candidate for the Democratic Party's 2008 presidential nomination.
Daniel Imperato	Businessman from Florida.
Mike Jingozian	Software company founder from Oregon.[5][6]
Steve Kubby	Businessman, marijuana legalization activist, and 1998 Gubernatorial candidate from California.
George Phillies	College professor, 2002 candidate for chair of the Libertarian National Committee, and 1998 Congressional candidate from Massachusetts.
Mary Ruwart	Author of Healing Our World, research scientist, activist, candidate for the Libertarian 1984 presidential nomination and 1992 vice-presidential nomination.
Christine Smith	Humanitarian activist, and writer from Colorado.[7][8]

[edit] Party for Socialism and Liberation

Presidential nominee
Gloria La Riva		Socialist, long-time anti-war and immigrant rights activist, of California. The Party for Socialism and Liberation announced the La Riva "People Over Profits" campaign on January 17, 2008. La Riva received the nomination of the Peace & Freedom Party in gubernatorial races in 1994 and 1998.

Vice Presidential nominee
Eugene Puryear	Anti-war activist, social justice organizer, and Party for Socialism and Liberation National Committee member, of Washington, D.C.

[edit] Prohibition Party

Presidential nominee
Gene Amondson		Wikinews has related news: Wikinews interviews Gene Amondson, Prohibition Party presidential nominee Temperance lecturer, minister, artist, and 2004 Presidential Nominee. Nominated at the Prohibition Party National Convention held in Indianapolis, Indiana, September 14, 2007.

Vice Presidential nominee
Leroy Pletten	Temperance movement activist from Michigan.

[edit] Socialist Party USA

Presidential nominee
Brian Moore		Antiwar activist, independent (Green Party endorsed) candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida in 2006. Moore received the Socialist Party USA's presidential nomination at its National Convention in St. Louis, Missouri on October 20, 2007. Wikinews has related news: Wikinews interviews Brian Moore, Socialist Party USA presidential candidate

Vice Presidential nominee
Stewart Alexander		Political activist and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate of California

Other candidates who ran for the nomination
Eric Chester	Author and former economics professor. 1996 Socialist Party USA vice-presidential candidate, three-time candidate for SPUSA presidential nomination (2000, 2004, 2008).

[edit] Socialist Workers Party

Presidential nominee
Róger Calero		Socialist Workers Party candidate for President of the United States in 2004 and 2008, and for the United States Senate in New York in 2006

Vice Presidential nominee
Alyson Kennedy	Laborer and political activist of New Jersey.

[edit] Independents

Independents do not run for a party and as such are usually diverse from each other in numerous ways. They also have no need to run in a primary, as they are candidates for the 2008 election already.

Candidates marked with a "X" have not registered with the Federal Election Commission for a presidential campaign.

Declared candidates
Jackson Kirk GrimesX	Self-described fascist. United Fascist Union
Alan Keyes	Former Ambassador in the Ronald Reagan administration. Unsuccessfully sought the nominations of the Republican Party and the Constitution Party before beginning a campaign as an independent.
Frank MooreX	Performance artist, writer, painter and musician. Wikinews has related news: Wikinews interviews Frank Moore, independent candidate for US President Dr. Susan Block of California is his running mate.
Ralph Nader	Consumer advocate, Write-in candidate in 1992, Green Party presidential nominee in 1996 and 2000, and 2004 independent presidential candidate. Announced candidacy February 24, 2008 on Meet the Press. Wikinews has related news: Ralph Nader enters US presidential race as independent Matt Gonzalez of San Francisco is his running mate.
Kelcey Wilson	Transparency advocate.[9][10] Announced candidacy February 19, 2007, on his blog.[11]

Wikinews has interviewed the following independent candidates:

• Donald K. Allen
• Richard H. Clark
• Jon Greenspon
• Steve Kissing^X
• Brad Lord-Leutwyler
• Tom Millican^X
• Ruth Bryant White.

[edit] See also

• List of candidates in the United States presidential election, 2008
• United States Democratic presidential candidates, 2008
• United States Republican presidential candidates, 2008
• United States presidential election, 2008

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Politics1 Presidency 2008 (includes Third Party and Independent candidates)
• Third Party Watch
• Summary and Analysis of Third Party Platforms

[edit] Candidate campaign sites

Boston Tea Party nominee

• Charles Jay

Constitution Party nominee

• Chuck Baldwin

Green Party nominee

• Cynthia McKinney

Libertarian Party nominee

• Bob Barr

Party for Socialism and Liberation nominee

• Gloria La Riva

Prohibition Party nominee

• Gene Admondson

Socialist Party USA nominee

• Brian Moore and Stewart Alexander

Independent candidates

• Jackson Kirk Grimes
• Alan Keyes
• Frank Moore
• Ralph Nader
• Kelcey Wilson

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