Bill Van Auken
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Bill Van Auken is a politician and activist for the Socialist Equality Party
and was a presidential
candidate in the U.S. election of 2004, announcing his candidacy on January 27, 2004. His running mate was Jim Lawrence. He came in 15th for the popular vote, receiving 1,857 votes. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2004/federalelections2004.pdf In November 2006, Van Auken ran for the United States Senate
seat held by Hillary Clintonhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/mar2006/elec-m212.shtml. He finished in fifth place, with 11,071 votes http://www.elections.state.ny.us/NYSBOE/elections/2006/general/2006_ussen.pdf
Van Auken is a full time reporter for the World Socialist Web Site
, and resides in New York City
.
In the U.S. presidential election, 2008 he was the vice presidential nominee of the same party.
Socialist Equality Party (United States)
The Socialist Equality Party is a Trotskyist political party in the United States, one of several Socialist Equality Parties around the world affiliated to the International Committee of the Fourth International . The ICFI publishes daily news articles, perspectives and commentaries on the World...
and was a presidential
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
candidate in the U.S. election of 2004, announcing his candidacy on January 27, 2004. His running mate was Jim Lawrence. He came in 15th for the popular vote, receiving 1,857 votes. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2004/federalelections2004.pdf In November 2006, Van Auken ran for the United States Senate
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
seat held by Hillary Clintonhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/mar2006/elec-m212.shtml. He finished in fifth place, with 11,071 votes http://www.elections.state.ny.us/NYSBOE/elections/2006/general/2006_ussen.pdf
Van Auken is a full time reporter for the World Socialist Web Site
World Socialist Web Site
The World Socialist Web Site is the online news and information center of the International Committee of the Fourth International . The site publishes articles and analysis covering a wide range of topics and events all around the world. The daily 'Perspective' article presents the position of the...
, and resides in New York City
New York City
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In the U.S. presidential election, 2008 he was the vice presidential nominee of the same party.
See also
- New York United States Senate election, 2006New York United States Senate election, 2006The 2006 United States Senate election in New York was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton ran for and would win a second term representing New York in the United States Senate...
- United States presidential election, 2004 (detail)