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John Thompson Parker is an American activist, writer, and coordinator of the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice. He was the candidate of the Workers World Party, a U.S. communist political party, for President of the United States in 2004. Parker has been a union organizer, public school teacher, and is a coordinator of the International Action Center. He is a writer for Struggle for Socialism - La Lucha por Socialismo.^[1]

Early political activities[edit]

Parker organized his first union election at a steel plant in New Jersey when he was 18.^[2]

Electoral history[edit]

Parker was the candidate of the Workers World Party, a U.S. communist political party, for President of the United States in 2004. Parker and his running mate was Teresa Gutierrez received 1,330 votes.^[3] The ticket was endorsed by the Liberty Union Party of Vermont. Parker also ran for U.S. Senate in California on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket in 2016, 2018 and 2022. In 2024 he is running on the Peace and Freedom Party Ticket in California's 37th congressional district.

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Party political offices
Preceded by Monica Moorehead	Workers World Party Presidential candidate 2004 (lost)	Succeeded by —
Preceded by David McReynolds	Liberty Union Party Presidential candidate 2004 (lost)	Succeeded by Brian Moore

Category:African-American candidates for President of the United States Category:Living people Category:Candidates in the 2004 United States presidential election Category:Candidates in the 2022 United States Senate elections Category:Candidates in the 2024 United States elections Category:21st-century American politicians Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Workers World Party presidential nominees Category:21st-century African-American politicians Category:Peace and Freedom Party politicians

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[1] "John Parker".

[2] "Primary Election 2022: John Parker for US Senate - Peace and Freedom Party".

[3] "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

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