Richard Congress

Richard Congress was a candidate for United States President of the Socialist Workers Party. He was one of three candidates the party had that year, the others being Andrew Pulley and Clifton DeBerry. Matilde Zimmermann was the vice presidential candidate on all three tickets.

Congress was on the ballot in Ohio, where he received 4,029 votes. Congress was also mentioned in a United States Supreme Court decision concerning ballot access, Anderson v. Celebrezze, 460 U.S. 780 (1983).

References

"General Election, November 4, 1980 Official Tabulation" Ohio Secretary of State

Party political offices
Preceded by Peter Camejo	Socialist Workers Party Presidential candidate 1980 (lost)	Succeeded by Melvin T. Mason

United States presidential election, 1980

Republican Party

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

Nominee: Jimmy Carter

VP nominee: Walter Mondale

Candidates: Jerry Brown; Ted Kennedy; Ron Dellums

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

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