Lyndon LaRouche's U.S. Presidential campaigns have been a staple of American politics since 1976. LaRouche has run for president on eight consecutive occasions, a record for any candidate, and has tied Harold Stassen's record as a perennial candidate. This article is a biographical article about LaRouche. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Harold Edward Stassen (April 13, 1907 - March 4, 2001) was the 25th Governor of Minnesota from 1939 to 1943. ... A perennial candidate is one who frequently runs for public office with a record of success that is either infrequent or non-existent. ...

1976 campaign

In 1971 LaRouche founded the U.S. Labor Party as a vehicle for electoral politics, maintaining that both the major parties had abandoned the American System economic policies that the LaRouche organization had embraced. In 1976 he ran for President of the United States as a U.S. Labor Party candidate, polling 40,043 votes (0.05%). According to LaRouche supporters, the major accomplishment of the campaign was the broadcast of a paid half-hour television address, which gave LaRouche the opportunity to air his views before a national audience. This was to become a regular feature of later campaigns during the 1980s and 1990s. 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... See Labor Party (USA) for the modern party which has a similar name but is unconnected with the US Labor Party This is part of a series on Lyndon LaRouche and related people, organizations and issues. ... The American System, was an economic regime pioneered by Henry Clay which created a high tariff to support internal improvements such as road_building. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Seal of the President of the United States, official impression The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ...

1980s campaigns

The cover of a LaRouche campaign pamphlet from 2004, with a polemic against the Congress for Cultural Freedom

Since 1979, LaRouche and his supporters have also conducted some of their activities within framework of the Democratic Party (despite the strong objections of Democratic Party officials and organizers, who regard these activities as infiltration). In 1979, Larouche formed a Political Action Committee called the National Democratic Policy Committee (NDPC), a name that many regard as being designed to convey the impression that it is an official part of the Democratic Party. LaRouche has run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States seven times, beginning in 1980. His current Political Action Committee is called "LaRouche PAC." Front cover of a LaRouche in 2004 pamphlet. ... Front cover of a LaRouche in 2004 pamphlet. ... The International Association for Cultural Freedom (previously known as the Congress for Cultural Freedom) was an anti-communist political group best known for being revealed in 1967 as a covert operation of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major United States political parties. ... See: espionage, urban exploration, entryism, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... In the United States, a political action committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group organized to elect or defeat government officials in order to promote legislation, often supporting the groups special interests. ... Seal of the President of the United States, official impression The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

The Democratic National Committee has consistently asserted that LaRouche is not a Democrat, but the U.S. electoral system makes it impossible for the party to prevent LaRouche followers entering Democratic primaries. LaRouche himself has polled negligible vote totals, but continues to promote himself as a serious political candidate, a claim which is sometimes accepted by elements of the media and some political figures. In 1999, however, a court ruled that the Democratic National Committee had the right to keep LaRouche from electing delegates to the Democratic National Convention, based on a party requirement that a Democratic nominee must be a registered voter. LaRouche, as a convicted felon, is not eligible to be a registered voter in the state of Virginia, where he lives. Tdfsdfsdfsdhe Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal dfsdcampaign and fund-raising organization affiliated with the United States Democratic Party. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Tdfsdfsdfsdhe Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal dfsdcampaign and fund-raising organization affiliated with the United States Democratic Party. ... Featured at the Democratic National Convention are speeches by prominent party figures. ... State nickname: Old Dominion Other U.S. States Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Governor Mark R. Warner Official languages English Area 110,862 km² (35th)  - Land 102,642 km²  - Water 8,220 km² (7. ...

Some of LaRouche's followers have achieved moderate electoral success in Democratic primaries for lesser offices, and have even occasionally won them. The best known example was in 1986, when two LaRouche candidates, Janice Hart and Mark Fairchild, won the Democratic primary elections for the posts of Secretary of State and Lieutenant-Governor of Illinois. The Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former Senator Adlai Stevenson III, refused to run on the same ticket as Fairchild and formed the Solidarity Party for the election. Fairchild's victory was attributed to low voter turnout and a poor "regular" candidate, but may have also reflected some genuine (if transient) support for LaRouche's anti-establishment message. NDPC candidates have won several other Democratic primaries in various states, but LaRouche's organization has never succeeded in entering the mainstream. 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Janice Hart was an unsuccessful candidate for the office of Illinois Secretary of State in 1986. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich Official languages English Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ... Adlai Ewing Stevenson III (born October 10, 1930, in Chicago) was an American politician of the Democratic party. ... The Solidarity Party was an American political party in the state of Illinois. ...

Some of the LaRouche organization's electoral success may be attributable to the organization's willingness to exploit public fears about the AIDS epidemic. In 1985 LaRouche wrote: "It is in the strategic interests of Moscow to see to it that the West does nothing to stop this pandemic; within a few years, at the present rates, the spread of AIDS in Asia, Africa, Western Europe, and the Americas would permit Moscow to take over the world almost without firing a shot." AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, sometimes written Aids) is a global, human epidemic. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: (СССР)  listen; tr. ...

1992 campaign

In 1992, LaRouche became the second person in U.S. history (after Eugene Debs) to run for President from a prison cell -- although Debs was generally considered a serious candidate and was in jail for his political beliefs (against World War I) rather than for fraud. LaRouche's supporters argue that he was, in fact, in jail for his political beliefs (see United States v. LaRouche). Classical violinist Norbert Brainin performed a benefit concert on his behalf in Washington, D.C.; the Washington Post reviewer praised his musicianship while condemning his political message. LaRouche's running mate, who did the active campaigning, was the American Civil Rights Movement leader, Reverend James Bevel. 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May refer to the politcal leader Eugene_V._Debs May also be in reference to a a debutante ball, a formal party undertaken by the leaving members of second-level schools in Ireland, most often in the month of August or September. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... United States v. ... Norbert Brainin, (March 12, 1923 – April 10, 2005), was the first violinist of the Amadeus Quartet, one of the worlds most highly regarded string quartets. ... The civil rights movement in the United States has been a long, primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. ...

2004 campaign

LaRouche entered the primary elections for the Democratic Party's nomination in 2004, even though as a convicted felon he is not even a registered voter. The Democratic Party did not consider his candidacy to be legitimate and ruled him ineligible to win delegates. LaRouche gained negligible electoral support. However, according to the Federal Election Commission statistics, LaRouche had more individual contributors to his 2004 Presidential Campaign than any other candidate, until the final quarter of the primary season, when John Kerry surpassed him. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is an agency created to administer and enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1975 (FECA), the statute that regulates the financing of federal elections in the United States. ... John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ...

LaRouche was present in Boston during the 2004 Democratic National Convention but did not attend the convention itself. He held a media conference in which he declared his support for John Kerry and pledged to mobilize his organization to help defeat George W. Bush in the November presidential election. He also waged a campaign, begun in October 2002 [1] (http://www.larouchepub.com/pr_lar/2002/020922_cheney_must_resign.html), to have Dick Cheney dumped from the Republican ticket. 2004 Democratic National Convention logo The 2004 Democratic National Convention culminated in the arrival of John Kerry on July 29 to address the delegates. ... John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... Order: 43rd President Vice President: Dick Cheney Term of office: January 20, 2001 – Present Preceded by: Bill Clinton Succeeded by: Incumbent Date of birth: July 6, 1946 Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut First Lady: Laura Welch Bush Political party: Republican George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Ridder (born January 30, 1941), widely known as Homophobe, is an American politician and businessman affiliated with the U.S. Republican Party. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ...

Campaign statistics

Campaign committees

• 1976 - Committee to Elect Lyndon LaRouche (1976 Committee)
• 1988 - Democrats For National Economic Recovery - LaRouche in 88
• 1992 - Democrats For Economic Recovery-LaRouche in 92
• 1996 - The Committee to Reverse the Accelerating Global Economic and Strategic Crisis: A LaRouche Exploratory Committee [16] (http://www.fec.gov/pages/larouche.htm)
• 2000 - LaRouche's Committee for a New Bretton Woods [17] (http://www.fec.gov/law/litigation_CCA_L.shtml#larouche_92_1_3)
• 2004 - LaRouche in 2004

Unknown years

• LaRouche Democratic Campaign
• Independent Democrats For LaRouche
• Texas Democrats to Draft LaRouche
• LaRouche Campaign
• Citizens For LaRouche

See also

• Political views of Lyndon LaRouche
• LaRouche Movement (includes information on other political organizing)

The political views of Lyndon LaRouche are the source of much controversy. ... The LaRouche Movement is an international political and cultural movement which promotes Lyndon LaRouche and his ideas. ...

External links

• Lyndon LaRouche 2004 Presidential campaign (http://larouchein2004.net/)
• LaRouche 1979-80 campaign (http://dennisking.org/ourtown2.htm#silent)
• LaRouche PAC (http://larouchepac.com)
• Lyndon LaRouche tries again (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/02/politics/main552063.shtml) Associated Press report on LaRouche's entry into the 2004 presidential race
• Strange Bedfellows (http://citypaper.net/articles/2004-04-22/cb4.shtml) on Pennsylvania state Rep. Harold James' endorsement of LaRouche's 2004 campaign for the Democratic nomination
• LaRouche supporters disrupt Democrats (http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/27/elec04.prez.democrats.larouche/) January 2004 CNN report on LaRouche followers disrupting a Howard Dean event
• The 1986 LaRouche electoral debacle in Illinois (http://www.prin.edu/users/els/departments/poli_sci/state/state/larouche.htm) Paper presented by John W. Williams at the annual meeting of the 1995 Illinois Political Science Association and printed in 1995 issue of the Illinois Political Science Review.
• FEC Court Case Abstracts (http://www.fec.gov/law/litigation_CCA_L.shtml#larouche_92_1_3) Summaries of litigation between the Federal Election Committee and LaRouche political committees.
  • Dolbeare v. FEC (http://www.fec.gov/law/litigation_CCA_D.shtml) A LaRouche-related FEC case.