Earl Dodge

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Earl Farwell Dodge (b. December 24, 1932) is a politician from the U.S. state of Colorado.

Dodge was born in Malden, Massachusetts. A long-time temperance movement supporter, Dodge is a frequent Prohibition Party candidate for public office. Dodge ran for the United States Senate from Kansas in 1966, winning 9400 votes. Dodge was also a candidate for Governor of Colorado on five occasions (1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, and 1994), his best showing was in 1986 where he won 8200 votes. Dodge was the Vice Presidential candidate for the Prohibition Party in 1976 and 1980. He was nominated to be the Prohibition Party's candidate for President of the United States five times (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000). In 2004 he was nominated by a faction of the Prohibition Party, but Gene Amondson won the majority of the nomination.

Preceded by Benjamin C. Bubar	Prohibition Party Presidential candidate 1984 (lost), 1988 (lost), 1992 (lost), 1996 (lost), 2000 (lost), 2004 (lost)	Succeeded by —
Preceded by Marshall E. Uncapher	Prohibition Party Vice Presidential candidate 1976 (lost), 1980 (lost)	Succeeded by Warren C. Martin