third party candidates of the 2008 presidential election

Those who are on the ballot in enough states to theoretically win a majority in the U.S. Electoral College are marked in bold. Candidates who are known to have appeared on at least two states’ ballots, but not enough to win the presidency are marked in italic.

Presidential candidate	Party	Running mate	Campaign site
Gene Amondson	Prohibition	Leroy Pletten	geneamondson.com
Chuck Baldwin (campaign)	Constitution, Kansas Reform	Darrell Castle	baldwin2008.com
Bob Barr (campaign)	Libertarian	Wayne Allyn Root	bobbarr2008.com
Róger Calero	Socialist Workers	Alyson Kennedy
Charles Jay	Boston Tea	Thomas L. Knapp	CJ08.com
Alan Keyes (campaign)	Independent, America’s Independent	Brian Rohrbough	alankeyes.com
Gloria La Riva	Socialism & Liberation	Eugene Puryear	votepsl.org
Bradford Lyttle	United States Pacifist	Abraham Bassford	uspacifistparty.org
John McCain (campaign)	Republican	Sarah Palin	johnmccain.com
Frank McEnulty	New American Independent	David Mangan	frankforpresident.org
Cynthia McKinney (campaign)	Green	Rosa Clemente	votetruth08.com
Brian Moore	Socialist, Vermont Liberty Union	Stewart Alexander	votesocialist2008.org
Ralph Nader (campaign)	Independent, Independence and Ecology, Peace and Freedom, New York Populist	Matt Gonzalez	votenader.org
Barack Obama (campaign)	Democratic	Joe Biden	barackobama.com
Ron Paul	Louisiana Taxpayers, Montana Constitution	Barry Goldwater, Jr., Michael Peroutka	campaignforliberty.com, lataxpayers.com
Tom Stevens	Objectivist	Alden Link	objectivistparty.us
Diane Templin	American	Linda Patterson	theamericanparty.org
Ted Weill	Reform	Frank McEnulty	reformpartyusa.org

Constitution Party

Nominee for the Constitution Party: Chuck Baldwin of Florida, pastor, political activist and 2004 Constitution Party vice presidential nominee, received the presidential nomination of the Constitution Party at its national convention in Kansas City, Missouri on April 26, 2008.

• Darrell Castle of Tennessee, activist, attorney, and former Marine Corps Lieutenant is the vice-presidential nominee.

Green Party

Nominee for the Green Party:

Cynthia McKinney, former Democratic Congresswoman from Georgia, was chosen as the Green Party’s nominee for President at that party’s National Convention in Chicago on July 12, 2008. She also received the endorsement of the Workers World Party in July.^[65]

• Rosa Clemente of New York, political hip-hop activist and journalist, is the vice-presidential nominee.

Independent – Ralph Nader

Main article: Ralph Nader presidential campaign, 2008

Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, of Connecticut. The two time (1996, 2000) presidential nominee of the Green Party and 2004 independent presidential candidate announced his candidacy for another independent bid in February 2008. He is also on the ballot in some states as the nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party or the newly formed Independent Party.^[66]

• Matt Gonzalez, political activist, of California is Nader’s running mate.

Libertarian Party

Nominees for the Libertarian Party:

Bob Barr, former Republican Congressman from Georgia was chosen as the Libertarian Party’s nominee for President, at the Libertarian Party National Convention in Denver, Colorado on May 25, 2008.

• Wayne Allyn Root of Nevada, author, small business CEO, and TV producer is the vice-presidential nominee.

America’s Independent Party

Nominee for the America’s Independent Party:

Alan Keyes, former U.S. ambassador, of Maryland. After unsuccessful attempts to secure the 2008 nominations of the Republican and Constitution parties, Keyes announced his intention to run as the nominee of the newly formed America’s Independent Party, and as an independent in states where the party does not have ballot status.

• Wiley Drake, pastor and radio announcer, of California is the vice presidential nominee.^[67]

Boston Tea Party

Charles Jay of Florida, 2004 Presidential nominee of the Personal Choice Party, was selected as the nominee for President of the United States at the online Convention of the Boston Tea Party June 15-16, 2008.

• Thomas L. Knapp of Missouri, blogger and editor of the online magazine Rational Review, is the vice-presidential nominee.

Prohibition Party

Gene Amondson of Washington, minister and temperance movement activist, received the Prohibition Party’s presidential nomination at its national convention on September 13, 2007.

• Leroy Pletten of Michigan is the vice-presidential nominee.

Reform Party

Ted Weill of Mississippi was selected as the presidential nominee of the Reform Party at its National convention on July 20, 2008 in Dallas, Texas.

• Frank McEnulty of California is the vice-presidential nominee.

Party for Socialism and Liberation

Nominee for the Party for Socialism and Liberation:

Gloria La Riva of California, was announced as the presidential nominee of the Party for Socialism and Liberation in January 2008.

• Eugene Puryear of Washington D.C. is the vice-presidential nominee.

Socialist Party USA

Nominees for the Socialist Party USA:

Brian Moore of Florida received the Socialist Party USA’s presidential nomination at its national convention, October 19-21, 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also the nominee of Liberty Union Party of Vermont.

• Stewart Alexander of California is the vice-presidential nominee.

Socialist Workers Party

Róger Calero of New York, journalist, was announced as the presidential nominee of the Socialist Workers Party in January 2008. This is Calero’s second run on the party’s ballot; however, because he was born in Nicaragua, if he were to win, Calero would nonetheless be ineligible for the Presidency.

• Alyson Kennedy is the vice-presidential nominee.

Wiki page for Third party (United States) presidential candidates, 2008 -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_party_(United_States)_presidential_candidates,_2008