Friend down in Atlanta, Georgia

 

Friend down in Atlanta, Georgia

VP candidate for Independent (2016)

Running mate with nominee: Eric S. Nagel (b. 1979)
Popular vote: ? (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538

The campaign:

Eric Nagel, a tech company employee in Kenmore, N.Y. filed as an Independent candidate for US President with the FEC on Apr. 13, 2015.

The candidate answered "I really don't have any" when asked about his platform issues by WGRZ in Aug. 2015. He added, "You always hear that anyone can run, and I was sitting at my computer one morning answering email and just thought, let me see how hard this is. Twenty minutes later, I was a presidential candidate." And he foreshadowed, "It's gonna be neat, like my kids tell their teachers that 'my dad's running for President', and I kind of did it for that just so that I can say, as part of family history, that I ran for President."

His campaign Facebook page did indeed include some platform issues plus a few opinions, including--

June 9, 2016
Well crap, I was hoping Bernie Sanders was going to endorse me. Time for plan B.

Aug. 18, 2016
'Deez Nuts' puts Federal Election Commission on bozo patrol
Rash of bogus presidential candidates taxing government resources

Nov. 6, 2016
Vote #Nagel2016 and I'll eliminate #DaylightSaving before we spring forward next year. (Since my plan of springing forward 12 minutes every weekday at 4:48pm and falling back 1 hour every Saturday night is too complicated for many)

In terms of a running-mate, Nagel said, "Your running mate cannot be from the same state... (but) my friend down in Atlanta, Georgia, said he would run and bring the Southern vote together. Maybe it's a North/South ticket."

Nagel and his VP did not appear on any ballots nor were they registered as write-ins in any state.

Election history: ?

Other occupations: ?

Notes:
Another especially vague mystery VP along the lines of "Neighbor of Nicholas C. Kratsas," the running-mate for the Truth and Freedom Party (1988).

Neighbor of Nicholas C. Kratsas

Neighbor of Nicholas C. Kratsas

VP candidate for Truth and Freedom Party (1988)

Running mate with nominee: Nicholas C. Kratsas (1919-2001)
Popular vote: 0 (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538

The campaign:

Nick C. Kratsas created the Truth and Freedom Party and ran for President as a write-in to bring attention to what he called "Notch Babies." These were the 12 million or so US retirees born between 1917-1921 who had earned fewer Social Security credits than others. He felt this demographic was being short-changed, "I call it the best-kept secret in the world." Social Security spokespeople disagreed with him, so at least his campaign did elicit some kind of official response.

Kratsas was a 69-year old part-time security guard for a campus dormitory at Youngstown State University in Ohio at the time, which means he was born in 1919. He actually retired from being a maintenance worker for Allegheny County, Penn. in 1981 but took his new job as a way to make ends meet. "I know your average person my age should be thinking about rocking chairs instead of running for office. I'm going to go as far as I can with it."

Concerned with being seen as a single issue candidate, Kratsas said, "I have a platform. They're not going to catch me without a platform. I've even got women's lib in there."

In one of the most mysterious VP nominations of all, one newspaper merely said that Kratsas "had signed up a neighbor as a running mate."

He told the press his "official" announcement would be after Christmas, 1987. As I have yet to locate any news coverage of his campaign after that date so it is possible he chose not to forge ahead.

Kratsas had a goal of reaching 10 million votes, but the number of his write-ins in Ohio apparently never made the historical radar. Being residents of the same state would have proven to been a Constitutional problem in the event the Truth and Freedom Party ticket had won.

Election history: ?

Other occupations: ?

Buried: ?

Notes:
Anyone out there know the identity of this running mate or have more information?