Jason Matthew Coleman, January 14, 1969 -
VP candidate for Independent (2008)
Running mate with nominee: Richard R. Rosenkranz (b. ca1966)
Popular vote: 0 (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538
The campaign:
Richard Rosenkranz was a professor of human ecology at Kansas State University when he decided to run for President as a write-in. His running-mate was his brother-in-law, Jason M. Coleman, also a resident of Manhattan, Kansas. Coleman was a librarian at KSU with a newly minted MLS.
Speaking as a former academic faculty librarian myself, I can sort of understand what Rosenkranz said when he outlined Coleman's qualifications, "He's the only one crazy enough I could talk into being my Vice-Presidential pick." The duo became registered write-ins in Kansas.
Rosenkranz appeared to run simply because he could, "I think a lot of us growing up thought it would be neat to run for President, or to be President."
Other brother-in-law tickets included when William Gahres of the Down With Lawyers Party selected his brother-in-law Joseph F. Loughlin as his VP in 1980, also the 2008 independent ticket of William Louis Mills, Jr. with VP David Henry Hinton.
Since both Rosenkranz and Coleman were residents of the same state there would have been a problem according to the Constitution, but as no votes were reported for them a legal crisis was averted.
Election history: none.
Other occupations: librarian
Notes:
MLS, Emporia State University, 2007
