Jeffrey Michael Wu, February 9, 1991 -
VP candidate for Independent (2016)
Running mate with nominee: Jeffrey Anthony Wu (b. 1964)
Popular vote: 18 (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538
The campaign:
Jeffrey Anthony Wu, a management and technology consultant in Stamford, Conn., registered as an Independent write-in candidate in his home state. His running-mate was his 25-year old son, Jeffrey Michael Wu. Wu senior explained his motives for selecting Wu junior as the VP, "The reason I chose him was to get him more involved in politics ... What better way than to throw him into the fray?"
The first son-father ticket I can locate is William James Barton with dad James William Barton as his running-mate for the Independent Party of America in 1980. The earliest example of a father-son ticket I can find is Jack Richard Moore with his son Jay Richard Moore for VP in the Common Man's Party (1988, 1992). There was also Darth Vader/Luke Skywalker (Sith Party 2000), and James Louis Dezort/James Fredrick Dezort (Independent 2008). Fred Cook, a teacher in Georgia, made a run for President in 2000, the same year he retired from the classroom. In what I believe is a first, he chose his father-in-law, Emmett N. Ezell of Cairo, Ga., as his running-mate.
Wu considered himself a Republican, but could not abide their official nominee, "I find so many things distasteful about (Trump). I would love to see a woman in the White House, just not (Clinton). She's almost the Teflon candidate."
In the event of their victory the father-son ticket would have faced two potential problems per the Constitution. First, they were (possibly) residents of the same state in 2016. Second, the VP was a decade below the required age of 35.
Election history: none
Other occupations: Men's Wearhouse, Director Of Marketing Operations at Executive Networks
Notes:
Known as J. Michael Wu.
