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PRESIDENCY 2000:
OTHER DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
Ashe, 45, spent over two decade in the Armed Forces. He also said he earned a doctorate degree in 1984, although he did not specify in what field of study. He is pro-choice, supports increasing military and educational spending and favors replacing the current federal income tax with a national sales tax. Ashe also is a strong environmentalist, opposes the death penalty and supports the decriminalization of medical marijuana.
Award, 36, describes himself as an "environmental activist and grassroots lobbyist." An Air Force veteran, he has also been active in various peace and disarmament causes.
George H. Ballard III (Pennsylvania)
Except that Ballard holds a Bachelor's degree from the Wharton School of Economics and currently works as a financial planner, little other information is yet available on this Democratic hopeful.
Barneck, a young school teacher, is making his first run for office. Barneck wrote that his priorities include: "livable wages for working people, health insurance for the 40+ million Americans without medical coverage, rebuilding of our major inner cities, reintroduction of native flora and fauna on a nationwide scale, tort reform to stop frivolous lawsuits and increase trade of American products." An additional link is Project Vote Smart: Todd Barneck.
Movie actor/director Warren Beatty has had a long record of liberal political activism within the Democratic Party. In August 1999, Beatty confirmed that he is "seriously thinking" about entering the 2000 Presidential campaign because he was dissatisfied with the existing choice of Gore versus Bradley -- believing that neither one represents liberal values nor supports real campaign finance reform. He ultimately announced on January 3, 2000 that he would not run for President this year. In additional to the unofficial campaign site linked above, other Beatty links included Americans for Beatty 2000 (unofficial), Beatty 2000 (unofficial), Project Vote Smart: Warren Beatty, an unofficial Beatty for President site and Celebrity Profile: Warren Beatty. Beatty subsequently endorsed Green Party candidate Ralph Nader for President.
Ex-US Senator William W. "Bill" Bradley (New Jersey)
Bradley, a popular former pro basketball player and US Senator, ran a well-financed race for the Democratic nomination. He challenged Gore just slightly from Gore's left -- and his challenge forced Gore to retool his own campaign (making Gore a stronger candidate for the general election). With the strong backing of organized labor, Gore was able to knock Bradley from the race. Gore defeated Bradley by a 2-1 margin in Iowa and narrowly defeated him in New Hampshire -- and then finished him off on Super Tuesday. By the time Bradley withdrew from the race in March 2000, he had failed to win a single state. Bradley subsequently endorsed Gore for President. Follow the above link to Politics1's detailed profile of Bradley.
Lawrence F. Brownstein (California)
No information yet available on this Democratic hopeful.
Charles Buckley (New Hampshire)
Buckley, 57, is a trial lawyer, Navy veteran, former teacher and former federal bank examiner. "I am more qualified than Gore and Bradley," he told the Associated Press -- although he conceded he may be also be a "little nutty" to run for President. His six-point campaign platform focuses on education, defense, the environment, social concerns, Social Security, family values and housing. Buckley captured 322 votes (7th place) in the New Hampshire Democratic primary.
Raymond J. "Ray" Caplette (Arizona)
Except that Caplette is a US Marine Corps veteran and originally a native of Massachusetts, no other information is yet available on this Democratic hopeful.
Carroll is a 69-year-old widower and an Air Force veteran. Beyond that, little other information is known about this Democratic hopeful.
Carter, a former Texan who previous ran for President three times, is an Air Force veteran, former aircraft mechanic, union member, former businessman and Pentecostal church deacon. He's also a father of nine children. His political experience seems limited to his membership in the Gardena Valley Democratic Club of Southern California. This year, Carter captured 30 votes (17th place) in the New Hampshire Democratic primary.
Coleman -- who has worked stints as a researcher, chef and salesman -- is a former two-time candidate for Atlanta Mayor. The main purpose of his campaign seems to be to attract attention to his lawsuit seeking removal of the Confederate battle flag from the design of the official Georgia state flag. An additional link is Project Vote Smart: James Coleman.
Randolph W. "Randy" Crow (North Carolina)
Crow, president of a small retail sales corporation, was an unsuccessful candidate for the Wilmington City Council in 1997. Then he ran for Congress in the 1998 primary -- spending $200 and losing by a lopsided vote of 94% to 6%. Having already lost for City Council and Congress, he's now setting his sites on the highest political office in the nation. In an email to Politics1, Crow explained his motives: "I am involved in politics to get rid of filthy communists and lots of others." He also believes the FBI blew up TWA Flight 800 with a laser and that capitalism is being destroyed by Jews on Wall Street. "When I hear somebody in power is Jewish, I raise my eyebrows and I try to investigate it," said Crow during his 1998 campaign. He captured 29 votes (18th place) in the New Hampshire primary and 5,087 votes (4th place - 3%) in the Louisiana primary. Crow subsequently filed paperwork to make a second Congressional run in 2000 -- although he is also continuing his Presidential campaign. He also plans to run for President again in 2004.
A World War II Navy veteran and small businessman, Doty has spent the past decade as a Universal Church of God pastor. Doty, 76, is making his fifth run for President in 2000 -- and is now continuing his campaign as a Independent write-in hopeful.
John B. Eaton (Massachusetts)
Eaton -- a 77-year-old retired marketing executive -- concedes he was hoping for a three-way Gore-Bradley-Eaton race for the nomination. Still, he said he has a secret strategy for winning the nomination. Eaton said he has fifteen campaign themes "but I'd prefer not to hit on them yet." He captured 134 votes (10th place) in the New Hampshire Democratic primary.
Richard Epstein (Maine)
Epstein captured approximately 200 votes (last place) in the Maine Democratic primary. Beyond that, no other information is known about this hopeful.
Except for the fact that his campaign slogan is "We Give a Darn About Our Fellowman" -- no other information yet available on this Democratic hopeful.
Edward "Prince" Gibson (District of Columbia)
No information yet available on this Democratic hopeful, except that he refers to himself as Prince Edward Gibson. Is he claiming to be the Prince of the District of Columbia?
Mark S. Greenstein (California)
Greenstein, 37, is a former attorney who teaches S.A.T. prep classes and publishes an internet site devoted to snowboarding and skiing. He has made solving highway traffic jams his top issue. His solution, however, is rather bizarre: government helicopters would fly to traffic jams, attach hooks and cables to broken-down cars and lift them out of the way. He also says he wants to repeal "dumb laws." Greenstein -- a self-described moderate who complains that Gore and Bradley are "too far to the left" -- captured 75 votes (13th place) in the New Hampshire Democratic primary.
A little-known small businessman, Hamm won 70 votes (13th place) in the 1996 New Hampshire primary. He's running again in 2000 -- and saw his vote total slip to just 22 votes (19th place) in this year's New Hampshire Democratic primary. Hamm's platform includes drug legalization, increased educational spending, and some other liberal views. He says he's largely running "because I can" -- and already plans to run again in 2004 and 2008. Additional Hamm links are Project Vote Smart: Vincent Hamm and Hamm Ltd.
Dr. Heather Anne Harder (Indiana)
A college professor, author and small businesswoman, Harder made her first bid for President in 1996. She wants to promote more citizen participation in government through a National Referendum process so that the American people become "the fourth branch of democratic self-government." Harder also emphasizes "restoring the Constitution ... [by] giving real power back to state, local, and individuals." To make government more understandable for average Americans, she proposes that "all federal legislation to be written in standard English" and limited to one topic per bill. Harder captured 192 votes (8th place - 0.12%) in the New Hampshire primary and 1,087 (3rd place - 1.5%) votes in the Arizona primary. An additional link is Project Vote Smart: Heather Anne Harder.
Harris first ran for President in 1996 as a GOP hopeful. He's back again in 2000 -- but now he's running as a Democrat. On his FEC paperwork, he designated the name of his campaign committee as "Roommates for Calvin Harris for U.S. President and for All Minorities." On the section of the FEC paperwork regarding a federal candidate's financial disclosure requirements, Harris simply scrawled: "Kiss My Ass-sets."
No information yet available on this self-described "Independent Democratic" hopeful.
Thomas G. "Tom" Koos (California)
A Stanford University regulatory compliance specialist, Koos is waging a rather liberal campaign for President. On his campaign website, Koos concedes he is "unknown in the political arena, even at the local level, with little chance of winning." Still, he says he is running for President "to generate interest in the political process." His campaign site also contains a detailed campaign platform. Koos captured just 19 votes (20th place) in the New Hampshire Democratic primary.
Dr. William P. "Bill" Kreml (South Carolina)
A retired college professor and author of seven books on political theory and American government, Kreml describes his ideology as "an original political philosophy known as psychological relativism." Kreml previously ran for President in the 1984 New Hampshire primary and the 1992 South Carolina primary -- garnering a small handful of votes each time. He competed in the South Carolina Democratic Caucuses in 2000 -- running a symbolic protest campaign on the issue of campaign finance reform -- and captured 107 votes (3rd place - 1.1%). On his site, Kreml explained that he "will deliberately not report one well-publicized contribution [received by his campaign] to the Federal Election Commission. This act of civil disobedience is designed to encourage the US Supreme Court to revisit ... the entire campaign finance reform issue, as well as encourage the Congress to pass a meaningful campaign finance law."
Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. (Virginia)
Perennial candidate and purported political cult leader LaRouche is back for a seventh Presidential run in 2000. As in the past, expect him to appear on several state primary ballots. LaRouche, the self-described "world's leading economist," weaves a bizarre web of conspiracy theories -- cloaked in a swirl of historic truths and mistruths -- usually implicating Queen Elizabeth, "British bankers," the Pope, narcotics producers, Jesuits ("a spy network"), Yale University's Skull & Crossbones Society, environmentalists, Jane Fonda, Ted Kennedy, George Bush, the CIA, etc. He started his career as a Trotskyite political organizer in the Socialist Workers Party in the 1960s, formed the now-defunct and neo-fascist US Labor Party in the early 1970s after a violent break from the SWP, before shifting his registration to the Democratic Party by 1979. LaRouche was convicted and imprisoned on felony fraud charges in the late 1980s related to the fundraising activities of his political organization -- his supporters maintain he was a political prisoner unfairly prosecuted by vindictive federal government agents. In addition to the above link to LaRouche's official site, his old nemesis the Anti Defamation League (ADL) publishes information on LaRouche's alleged anti-Semitic history -- and LaRouche counters in kind with a booklet he publishes attacking the ADL (note: LaRouche denies he is anti-Semitic and notes that Jewish individuals are leaders in his organization). LaRouche captured just 124 votes (11th place) in this year's New Hampshire Democratic primary -- and blamed his poor showing on a conspiracy led by New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner. Since then he has competed in many other primaries -- but generally finishing in the 1-4% range in each contest. Although he passed the required 15% needed to win delegates in the Arkansas primary (he won 22%), the DNC and state party refused to award LaRouche any delegates because they ruled that he was "not a real Democrat." LaRouche sued in state court to win the seven delegates he claimed, but the court did not grant LaRouche the relief he requested. Additional LaRouche links are Executive Intelligence Review (LaRouche's online magazine), American Family Foundation: LaRouche (anti-cult organization) and Project Vote Smart: Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr.
Yehanna Joan Malone (District of Columbia)
Except that Malone is a 54-year-old widow and mother of three children, little other information is known on this Democratic hopeful.
Angus McDonald (West Virginia)
McDonald competed in his home state of West Virginia's Presidential primary and placed third behind Gore and Bradley with 8% (19,374 votes). Beyond that, little other information is known about this Democratic hopeful.
Megdal is intentionally running a less-than-serious campaign for President. On his site, Megdal explains: "I don't like to think of myself as a Roosevelt-Stevenson-Kennedy Democrat ... I'm more of a McGovern-Mondale Democrat, in the sense that I will probably lose badly in all 50 states." Megdal goes on to explain that he is actually "an avid supporter of Bill Bradley" -- but he's in the race to defeat Gore for the nomination just in case Bradley stumbles. On the issues, he happily describes himself as "unelectable ... I like government. I like trial lawyers. I wish they'd give me PAC money." An amusing campaign site.
Michael T. "Mike" Miller (Florida)
Miller, a budding songwriter, poet and supermarket employee, also touts his Presidential experience -- serving as president of an Elvis Fan Club in 1998 and as president of his high school class in 1979. As for a platform, Miller writes that he is for "a higher wage" and "no R-rated T-shirts [and] no R-rated music."
Nathaniel T. Mullins (Massachusetts)
Mullins captured 35 votes (15th place) in the New Hampshire Democratic primary. Beyond that, no other information was available on this hopeful.
Muzyk, who attended West Point and Georgetown University, previously made runs for US Senator in 1976 (at age 33) and for President in 1980. An Army veteran, he has also worked in telephone sales.
David W. Nesbit (North Carolina)
No information yet available on this Democratic hopeful.
David L. "Dave" Nicholson (Indiana)
Little information is known about this former Democratic hopeful, who withdrew from the race in November 1999.
Edward T. O'Donnell, Jr. (Delaware)
O'Donnell -- who captured 35 votes (15th place) in this year's New Hampshire Democratic primary -- is making his fourth run for President in 2000. In his three previous races, he garnered a combined total of 131 votes. The president of a small charitable foundation, O'Donnell says the purpose of his campaign is to promote Christianity, outlaw guns and all abortions, convene a Constitutional convention "to start the whole government over again," promote a four-day work-week to relieve stress and offer mental health courses in schools. He also wants to promote the idea of an America with no drinking, no smoking, no drugs, no gambling and no sex outside marriage.
Mitchell M. Peresad Jr. (Florida)
Little information is known about this former Democratic hopeful, who withdrew from the race in November 1999.
Jeffrey B. Peters (New Hampshire)
A businessman with a degree from Harvard, Peters formerly served two terms on the Greenwich Town Council in Connecticut. While he says he's running for President as the nominee the "We The People, American People's Party" (an unknown new party) -- and intends to run in the general election as a write-in hopeful -- Peters competed in the New Hampshire Democratic primary and captured 156 votes (9th place). Peters had hoped his New Hampshire bid would capture media attention for his effort -- but instead ended up bitterly complaining that the media ignored him and labeled him a "fringe candidate." His one-issue campaign is based entirely upon a demand for major campaign finance reform to the current "corrupt system." Peters resumed his third party bid after the New Hampshire primary.
Pat Price (Missouri)
Price captured 565 votes (last place - 0.2%) in the Missouri Democratic primary. Beyond that, no other information is known about this hopeful.
Reed clearly likes the idea of being a sidekick. In 1998 as a candidate for California Lieutenant Governor, Reed spent almost no money on the campaign and placed last with 222,000 votes (9%). Having failed to win the #2 job in his homestate, Reed is now seeking the biggest #2 job in nation: Vice President. That's right ... unlike the other people on this page, Reed is an announced candidate for Vice President (but without any designated Presidential runningmate). He describes himself as "a journeyman and laborer in the field of music and construction" and also holds a private investigator license. Perhaps one of the other people listed here will select Reed as a runningmate.
Rich is 40-years-old, married, has an AA degree in Art from Phoenix Community College and is a school art instructor. Beyond that, we can't tell you much about him -- but he thinks that every child should learn about computers. An additional link is Project Vote Smart: Frank Rich.
Larry E. Shepherd (California)
No information yet available on this Democratic hopeful.
Freddy I. "Messiah" Sitnick (Maryland)
Apparently this candidate believes he is a Messiah who has come to save America. His campaign committee is named "Messiah for President of the United States of America."
Michael Skok (New York)
Skok supports planning a manned mission to Mars in order to boost the US economy and colonize space. He also notes he is pro-life. Skok finished in last place in the New Hampshire Democratic primary with just 18 votes.
Taylor -- a young screenwriter, filmmaker and massage therapist -- claims that he first ran for President at age 16. With degrees in liberal arts, massage therapy and screenwriting, Taylor jokingly boasts that he has "the showbiz and holistic health background America is looking for in a President." After directing an independent film about some of the lesser-known Presidential candidates in 1996, Taylor decided to run in 2000 and make his own Presidential campaign the topic of his next film entitled Run Some Idiot; One Schmuck's Presidential Odyssey. Taylor has competed in the New Hampshire primary (87 votes -12th place) -- and hopes to have his film released before November 2000. Taylor says he hopes his film "will serve as a record on the state of American politics and show the obstacles that make our democracy less democratic." He has a cute website, too (but it has way too many frames!). To raise money for his campaign/film, Taylor is jokingly "selling" future ambassadorships. Contributors even get a certificate commemorating their future diplomatic posting.
Osie Thorpe (District of Columbia)
No information yet available on this Democratic hopeful, except that he appears to be a clergyman -- as he refers to himself as Bishop Osie Thorpe.
US Senator Paul D. Wellstone (Minnesota)
Wellstone, one of the most liberal members of the US Senate, spent much time in 1997-98 making speeches around the nation and exploring a possible run for President in 2000. After seemingly gearing-up for the race, he surprised most observers by announcing in January 1999 that he would not enter the Presidential contest. Wellstone subsequently endorsed Bill Bradley for President -- and later endorsed Gore after Bradley quit the race.
Thomas F. Winterbottom (North Carolina)
Winterbottom, 40, is a gadfly candidate who has already lost two primary races for Congress and failed to qualify for the ballot in the 1998 US Senate primary. Originally from Pennsylvania, he holds a B.A. degree in Political Science.
No information yet available on this Democratic hopeful.
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