Elizabeth Cervantes Barron

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Elizabeth Cervantes Barron is a frequent candidate for political offices on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket.^[1]

A native of Los Angeles, California, she ran for U.S. Representative from California in 1974. In 1978 she became the party's "all time top vote getter" when she ran for California State Controller, getting 300,000 votes.^[2]

In 1980 she ran for United States Vice President as the running mate of Maureen Smith, winning more than 18,000 votes. She ran for United States Senator from California in 1994, winning 255,301 votes but lost to Dianne Feinstein.^[3] She was the Peace and Freedom Party candidate for California State Controller in 2006, receiving 212,383 votes, 2.5% of the total.^[4]^[5]

Currently

She is a retired San Jose, California teacher, currently living in the Los Angeles, California area.

References

Party political offices
Preceded by Benjamin Spock (People's Party)	Peace and Freedom Party Vice Presidential candidate 1980 (lost)	Succeeded by Bill Thorn

United States presidential election, 1980

Republican Party

Convention
Primaries
Primary results

Nominee: Ronald Reagan

VP Nominee: George H. W. Bush

Candidates: John B. Anderson; Howard Baker; George H. W. Bush; John Connally; Phil Crane; Bob Dole; Ben Fernandez; Harold Stassen

Democratic Party

Convention
Primaries
Primary results

Nominee: Jimmy Carter

VP Nominee: Walter Mondale

Candidates: Jerry Brown; Ted Kennedy; Ron Dellums; William Proxmire

Independent

Candidate: John B. Anderson

VP candidate: Patrick Lucey

Other independent and third party candidates

Citizens Party	Nominee Barry Commoner VP Nominee LaDonna Harris

Libertarian Party	Nominee Ed Clark VP Nominee David Koch

Prohibition Party	Nominee Ben Bubar VP Nominee Earl Dodge

Socialist Party	Nominee David McReynolds VP Nominee Diane Drufenbrock

Socialist Workers Party	Nominee Andrew Pulley Alternate nominees Richard Congress Clifton DeBerry

Workers World Party	Nominee Deirdre Griswold VP Nominee Gavrielle Holmes

Independents and other candidates	Lyndon LaRouche Maureen Smith Running mate Elizabeth Cervantes Barron Warren Spannaus

Other 1980 elections: House; Senate; Gubernatorial

Persondata
Name	Barron, Elizabeth Cervantes
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death

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