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Stewart Alexander – Socialist – 2012

Posted on 2016-06-09

Stewart Alexis Alexander (born 1 October 1951) is an American democratic socialist politician, presidential nominee for the Socialist Party USA in the 2012 election,[2][3][4] and former SPUSA nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2008 election.

A resident of California, Alexander was the Peace and Freedom Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2006. He received 43,319 votes, 0.5% of the total. In August 2010, Alexander declared his candidacy for the President of the United States with the Socialist Party and Green Party.[5] In January 2011, Alexander also declared his candidacy for the presidential nomination of the Peace and Freedom Party.

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Alfred C. Sharpton – Democratic Party Presidential Candidate – 2004, 2008

Posted on 2016-06-08

Alfred Charles “Al” Sharpton Jr.[2] (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, television/radio talk show host[3][4] and a trusted White House adviser who, according to 60 Minutes, has become President Barack Obama‘s “go-to black leader.”[5] In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election. He hosts his own radio talk show, Keepin’ It Real,[6] and he makes regular guest appearances on Fox News (such as on The O’Reilly Factor),[7][8][9] CNN, and MSNBC. In 2011, he was named the host of MSNBC’s PoliticsNation, a nightly talk show.[10] In 2015, the program was shifted to Sunday mornings.

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Dennis Serrette – New Alliance Party Nominee – 1984

Posted on 2016-06-02

Dennis L. Serrette, born in Harlem, New York in the 1940s, was the New Alliance Party candidate for United States President in the 1984 presidential election. His running mate was Nancy Ross.

Mr. Serrette has been a union activist since 1964. In 1972 he became a founding member of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. He was also a vice president of a local of the Communication Workers of America and is currently the CWA’s Education Specialist. At present, he is also the president of the United Association for Labor Education.

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Jesse Jackson, Sr. – Democratic Party Presidential Candidate – 1984, 1988

Posted on 2016-06-02

How-Jesse-Jackson-Paved-the-Way-for-Barack-Obama-and-Brought-About-a-Better-More-Inclusive-AmericaJesse Jackson’s 1984 campaign sought to bring together a “Rainbow Coalition” of African Americans, Hispanics, the poor, the elderly, family farmers, and women that would challenge the conservative policies of president Ronald Reagan.  Rev. Jackson placed third out of ten candidates for the Democratic nomination with more than 3 million primary votes.  He won primaries or caucuses in four states and the District of Columbia. Jackson’s campaign made enormous progress by building on Chisholm’s legacy. His 1984 campaign registered nearly 2 million voters of all racial backgrounds.[23] By registering so many new voters, Jackson expanded the Democratic Party’s base. He also inspired African American voters. Exit polls showed that nearly 12% of all Black voters were participating for the first-time.[24] Jackson’s campaign won him a speaking slot at the 1984 Democratic Convention, which provided a national platform for him to present his agenda.[25] In his 1988 campaign, Jackson increased his support to 6.9 million primary votes and won 9 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

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Andrew Pulley – Socialist Workers Party (SWP) Nominee – 1980

Posted on 2016-06-01

andrew pulleyAndrew Pulley (born May 5, 1951) is a former American politician who ran as Socialist Workers Party (SWP) candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1972; at the time he was twenty years old, making him ineligible under the United States Constitution. Along with Presidential candidate Linda Jenness he received 52,799 votes. At the time he ran he was a civil rights movement supporter, steel mill worker and Vietnam War veteran who’d opposed the war. He was the was the SWP candidate for President in 1980. He received 40,105 votes.

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Clifton DeBerry – Socialist Workers Party Nominee – 1964, 1980

Posted on 2016-06-01

Mr. DeBerry was the first Black person to win the nomination of an already existing political party.

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Clennon W. King, Jr. – Independent Afro-American Party Presidential Nominee – 1960

Posted on 2016-06-01

Mr. King won 1, 485 votes in Alabama which was the only state where he was on the general election ballot.  He is considered by some to be the first African-American man to run for the office of President of the United States, and whose attempts at civil rights actions and running for office as a perennial candidate caused him to be nicknamed “The Black Don Quixote.”

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Dick Gregory – Freedom and Peace Party Presidential Nominee – 1968

Posted on 2016-06-01

dick_gregoryDick Gregory ran for President of the United States in 1968 as a write-in candidate of the Freedom and Peace Party, which had broken off from the Peace and Freedom Party. He garnered 47,097 votes (including one from Hunter S. Thompson) with fellow activist Mark Lane as his running mate in some states, David Frost in others, and Dr. Benjamin Spock in Virginia and Pennsylvania garnering more than the party he had left. The Freedom and Peace Party also ran other candidates, including Beulah Sanders for New York State Senate and Flora Brown for New York State Assembly.

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