Sandra M. King, May 30, 1952 - July 8, 2008
VP candidate for Independent (1984, 1988, 1992)
Running mate with nominee: Henry R. King (1923-2013)
Popular vote (1984): 2 (0.00%)
Popular vote (1988): 157 (0.00%)
Popular vote (1992): 10 (0.00%)
Electoral vote (1984, 1988, 1992): 0/538
The campaign (1984):
There is not a lot of information available concerning Henry and Sandra King or their platform issues. They ran three registered write-in campaigns for US President in Ohio 1984-1992. They were a husband and wife political team.
Henry was a worker at the Ford Motor Co. Lorain Assembly Plant in Ohio when he first began to run for office in the late 1960s, almost always as a write-in. Prior to 1984 he ran for the US House in 1968, for the US Senate in the Democratic primary in 1974, for Mayor of Lorain, Ohio in 1975, and on a ticket with Sandra for Governor/Lt. Governor of Ohio in the Democratic primary for 1980. When King had announced for the US Senate in 1974 he told the press "Being a Ford worker, and knowing the needs of the working man, I am the working man's candidate."
Identified by one newspaper as both being residents of Ohio, there would have been a Constitutional problem in the event the King/King ticket had won the election.
The King's earned 2 write-in votes in 1984.
The campaign (1988):
In 1988 they gained 157 votes.
The campaign (1992):
In one article Henry King stressed the importance of job creation. Sandy King pointed out she would be First Lady as well as Vice-President, "I think he wants me to do clerical duties, plus other things as well."
10 votes in 1992. Henry King filed with the FEC in 1996 and was a certified write-in again in Ohio but I could not find any evidence of a running-mate.
Election history:
1980 - Lt. Governor of Ohio (Democratic) - primary - defeated
1990 - Lt. Governor of Ohio (Democratic) - primary - defeated
Other occupations: ?
Buried: Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery (Rittman, Ohio)
Notes:
1990 race was a write-in
Henry King ran in 1990 race in the general election as an Independent for Lt. Governor of Ohio.
Married for a year, divorced in 1977, remarried in 1980.
