Leonard L. Foster
VP candidate for Independent (2000)
Running mate with nominee: James Wellington Wright (b. 1940)
Popular vote: 74 (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538
The campaign:
Jim Wright, a retired and disabled truck driver in New Caney, Tex., filed as a write-in candidate for President in his home state. He had previously campaigned as a write-in for US Senator and Texas Governor. He ran for President in 1992 as a write-in in Texas as well. He was no relation to Texas-based former US Speaker of the House Jim Wright.
Wright spelled out his platform on his campaign website:
I support the following if elected:
To "Save Social Security" click.
Affordable health care for all Americans.
Remove discrimination of race and gender from Federal government.
Keep the internet free.
Overhaul the Justice Department, to respect the constitutions limits.
Equal education.
TERM LIMITS
Remove the IRS
Pro-life.
Campaign finance reform.
Balanced budget.
Sunset law for all Federal agency's.
Protection of the "Bill of Rights" from Congress.
Popular vote of the President. (Removal of the electoral congress)
Equal access to the ballot.
In addition, Wright advocated for the initiative and referendum process to be nationally applied:
States Constitutions,should have foundations of responsible government.
1. Initiative & Referendum to the Ballot by the voters.
2. Recall responsibility act. Covering all elected officials.
3. Knowledge by law. Requiring education of the election and judicial systems.
4. Requiring 30% of the voters to pass taxation.
5. Protection of the vote and equal access to the ballot for all candidates.
Does your state have this for your protection?? The answer is probably not.
The above answers if implemented across America will bring back responsibility to you the voter.
Respectfully submitted by James W. Wright, Independent Candidate for President.
In 1992 Wright's running-mate had been Levi Moore Cunningham. In 2000 it was Leonard L. Foster. Aside from his name, no other information about Foster can be found as of this writing.
The Wright/Foster ticket earned 74 votes in Texas on Election Day.
Wright ran as a write-in for the US Senate again in 2002 and began another brief run for the White House but changed his mind and ran for US Congress as a Democrat in 2004. In 2008 he ran in the Democratic Party primaries for President as a write-in.
Election history: ?
Other occupations: ?
Notes:
Another mystery VP.
