Stanford E. "Andy" Andress is a Colorado

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 author and political candidate.

Andress is the author of the 1996 book, The Civil War: The Sound of Thunder (ISBN 0-9656257-1-0), which he co-authored with his wife, Irene M. Deasy.

In 2002, Andress ran as a write-in candidate for Colorado Congressional Delegation in the 108th United States Congress

108th United States Congress

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 with a slogan of "Andress for Congress: Honesty". He placed 6th with 109 votes. Republican

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 Bob Beauprez

Bob Beauprez

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 won the seat in a close election over Democrat

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 Mike Feeley by a margin of 101 votes after a recount.

In 2004

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, he ran on the ballot in Colorado

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 as an Independent

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 for United States President

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 with his wife as his running mate. They received 804 votes, which while a small number compared to the millions both George W. Bush

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 and John Kerry

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 received, was still more than some of the party-affiliated candidates received in Colorado. In particular, the Socialist Workers Party

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, Socialist Equality Party

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, Socialist Party

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, as well as the combined two competing tickets of the Prohibition Party

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all received a smaller number of votes.