Debra Joyce Renderos, August 11, 1952 (Minnesota) -
VP candidate for Independent (2008)
Running mate with nominee: Oscar R. Renderos (b. 1956)
Popular vote: 0 (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538
The campaign:
Debra Renderos had previously run in the primary for the nonpartisan position of Mayor of Minneapolis in 2001. In that race she identified herself as being affiliated with the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and provided what looked like an artistically altered photo of herself for a newspaper profile.
In 2004 the wife-husband independent ticket of Debra Joyce Renderos and Oscar Renderos Castillo ran something of a stealth campaign for national office as write-ins in Minnesota.
In the 2008 election Oscar was now called Oscar R. Renderos. The couple registered twice, switching positions on the ballot. But in both instances they received zero votes, which means they didn't even vote for themselves.
Election history:
2001 - Mayor of Minneapolis, Minn. (Nonpartisan) - primary - defeated
2004 - US President (Independent) - defeated
2008 - US President (Independent) - defeated
Other occupations: ?
Notes:
nee Knutson.
