George Junior Porter
George Junior Porter, December 8, 1956 -
VP candidate for Independent (1996)
Running mate with nominee: Lacey Mark Sivak (b. 1959)
Popular vote: 0 (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538
The campaign:
Although it is not all that unusual to see incarcerated criminals running for the White House, the ticket of Lacey Mark Sivak and his running-mate George Junior Porter might have been the first where both candidates were sitting in Death Row. Sivak was there for a 1981 murder, Porter for a 1988 homicide. Both of them were in prison in Idaho.
Porter had been a resident of Waitsburg, Wash. During his Aug. 1990 death sentence, the media reported that Porter was "unrepentant and boasting of new country-music recording contract ..."
In the event of their write-in victory there was the Constitutional problem of both candidates residing in the same state.
Sivak also ran for President in 2000 on a states' rights platform.
In a series of appeals 2011-2014, Sivak was given a determinate life sentence. Porter, who the State of Idaho said had an IQ of 76, was eventually discharged Dec. 5, 2013 after a long series of appeals.
Election history: none
Other occupations: laborer, convict
Notes:
Washington State trivia alert.
