- Herbert Lewin
Herbert G. Lewin (born 1914),was a third-party candidate (Peace and Freedom Party) for
President of the United States in the 1988U.S. presidential election inCalifornia . His running mate wasVikki Murdock . They won approximately 10,370 votes, 9,953 of them fromNew Jersey . He is retired union activist for theUnited Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America .Lewin had previously run for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1950 as the candidate of the Militant Worker Party coming in last place with 841 votes versus the 1.7 million of
John S. Fine . Lewin ran in 1956 forUnited States Senator fromPennsylvania winning 2,640 votes against the 2.2 million votes forJoseph S. Clark .After his retirement, Lewin, a machinist with Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Lester (PA) Steam Turbine Division, served as a substitute teacher in Philadelphia's vocational public high schools.
References
* [http://www.dgs.state.pa.us/dgs/lib/dgs/pa_manual/section7/historical_election_statistics.pdf "Historical Election Statistics" Pennsylvania Department of General Services] (
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* [http://www.ex-iwp.org/docs/1999/Infiltrators.htm David Grann "The Infiltrators: What You Don't Know About Lenora Fulani Could Hurt You" "The New Republic", December 13, 1999]
* [http://thirdpartywatch.com/2006/02/02/history-of-the-peace-freedom-party/ "History of the Peace & Freedom Party"]
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