Mary Alice Herbert

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Mary Alice "Mal" Herbert (born February 28, 1935) ran for Vice President as the candidate for the Socialist Party USA in 2004. She and her running-mate, Walt Brown, pulled in 10,823 votes, the highest total for the Socialist Party since 1952.

She is a retired teacher. She was married to her husband Fred Herbert until his death in October 2002.

[edit] Political career

Originally a Republican, she became a socialist by the 1960s. Herbert was a frequent candidate for state office in the 1980s and 1990s under the banner of the Liberty Union Party, a democratic socialist and feminist party active only in the state of Vermont. In 1996 she was the Liberty Union nominee for Governor of Vermont.

She originally entered the 2004 race as the runningmate of Eric Chester, one of Brown's leftist rivals for the Presidential nomination. Chester lost the nomination to Brown, but Herbert won the VP nomination at the SPUSA national convention. She ran on a platform on radical socialism and socialist feminism.

Preceded by Mary Cal Hollis

Socialist Party Vice Presidential candidate 2004 (lost)

Succeeded by N/A