Pa McDagen
VP candidate for Independent (2016)
Running mate with nominee: Hezekiah Jones
Popular vote: ? (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538
The campaign:
"Why choose the lesser of two evils when you can choose PURE EVIL!" was the 2016 Presidential campaign slogan of Hezekiah "Hangman" Jones and Pa McDagen, two theatrical characters designed as part of the entertainment at Hangman's House of Horrors, a haunted house attraction in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
The ticket was announced on Youtube, Sept. 5, 2016. The truly creepy and hooded Hezekiah Jones apparently does not speak in public, so he would whisper his statements to Pa McDagen, who served as the team's spokesman. Among others things they advocated a pro clown policy and declared the dead are more important than the living and as such don't need healthcare.
The McDagen character is portrayed by Fred Patterson. The stage name is no doubt an inside joke derived from the founder of the House, D’Ann Dagen.
On a Facebook post Oct. 9, 2012, McDagen indicated he was running for President, in that short-lived campaign no running-mate was mentioned.
The House webpage describes the Jones story--
They say it was a brisk October night back in 1882 when an angry lynch mob finally put an end to the murderous rampage of Hezekiah Jones, a man known simply as the Hangman. When the sun fell, he would stalk his victims along the banks of the Trinity River and hang them until dead. By his rope, one hundred twenty people died.
Then one October night, he was strung up by the neck with his own bloodstained rope. The mob watched as he gasped for breath through the blackened bag covering his face. They left him hanging there in the damp night air to die. But when the gravedigger came back in the morning, all he found was a broken rope dangling from the limb of a rotting oak tree down by the river's edge.
As legend tells it, the Hangman won't die until the souls of those 120 victims are gone. Every year he takes a soul from his rope to continue his horrible existence. But when they're used up, he will die. Unless of course, he kills again.
Last year over 30,000 people claimed to have seen the Hangman stalking victims throughout the city of Fort Worth in search of new souls to fuel his immortality allowing him to carry on his murderous wrath.
No one knows for sure how many new souls he has claimed. But there are telltale signs that he's looking for victims once again. The sound of jingling spurs, creaking rope and his growling, maniacal laughter have been heard in the area.
Needless to say, there would have been several conflicts with the US Constitution in the event of Jones/McDagen victory.
Election history:
2012 - US President (Independent) - defeated
Other occupations: henchman
Notes:
"I am Pa Mc Dagen, the Leader of the Mc Dagen Family. I am the meanest SOB in the DFW Haunting Community. I say what I want, & I do what I want."
