Richard Congress
American politician
Richard Congress was a candidate for United States President of the Socialist Workers Party. He was one of three candidates the party had that year, the others being Andrew Pulley and Clifton DeBerry. Matilde Zimmermann was the vice presidential candidate on all three tickets.
Congress was on the ballot in Ohio, where he received 4,029 votes. Congress was also mentioned in a United States Supreme Court decision concerning ballot access, Anderson v. Celebrezze, 460 U.S. 780 (1983).
References
- "General Election, November 4, 1980 Official Tabulation" Ohio Secretary of State[dead link]
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Preceded by Peter Camejo | Socialist Workers Party nominee for President of the United States 1980 | Succeeded by Melvin T. Mason |
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- Other 1980 elections
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