Peter Camejo
Peter Camejo | |
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Camejo in 2006 | |
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| Born | Peter Miguel Camejo Guanche December 31, 1939 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | September 13, 2008 (aged 68) Folsom, California, U.S. |
| Party | Socialist Workers (before 1980) Green (2002–2004; 2006–2008) Reform (2004–2006) |
| Spouse | Morella Camejo |
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| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Peter Miguel Camejo Guanche (December 31, 1939 – September 13, 2008) was an American author, activist, politician and Sailing Olympian of Venezuelan descent. In the 2004 United States presidential election, he was selected by independent candidate Ralph Nader as his vice-presidential running mate on a ticket which had the endorsement of the Reform Party.
Camejo was a three-time Green Party gubernatorial candidate in California, most recently in 2006, when he received 2.3 percent of the vote. Camejo also ran in the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election finishing fourth in a field of 135 candidates (2.8%), and in 2002, finishing third with 5.3%. In the 1976 presidential election he ran for the Socialist Workers Party, receiving 90,310 votes.