Heidi M. Pope
VP candidate for Non Affiliated (aka Unaffiliated) (2016)
Running mate with nominee: Michael Brandon Puskar (b. 1977)
Popular vote: 7 (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538
The campaign:
Michael B. Puskar "America's Best Friend" and a property manager in Gaithersburg, Md. filed with the FEC for President on the patriotic date of July 4, 2016.
He told the press, "As for a veep, I would have liked Bernie Sanders simply for a political edge ... All the write-ins he would have had, plus my filing in other states, and the simple fact of his popularity, might have given (us) a shear victory and history in the making." But instead of Sanders, Puskar's Vice-President was Heidi M. Pope.
Although registered write-ins in at least four states, only Maryland reported any popular votes. The candidate's Dec. 12, 2016 Facebook post offered a post-mortem--
This year, I stood for the working class. I stood against the moguls representing us. I am the correct non-Establishment. This year, Trump conned the working class. He has filled his Cabinet with moguls. He WAS Establishment.
Puskar had started an effort for the 2020 election but ended his campaign in Dec. 2019.
Election history: none
Other occupations: ?
Notes:
Another mystery VP
