Lawrence Joseph Sarsfield Daly

Lawrence Joseph Sarsfield Daly (January 22 1912 – April 18 1979), aka Lar Daly, was a fringe American politician who ran unsuccessfully for a variety of political offices (including President of the United States) cite web|title=Index to Politicians: Daly|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daly.html#S1L1E7O2R|accessdate=2006-05-15] , often campaigning wearing an Uncle Sam suit [cite|author=unknown|title=Equal Sequel|publisher=TIME|date=1964-08-28] .

Daly was a Republican primary for Governor of Illinois in both 1956 and 1964. He was also a primary for the Mayor of Chicago in 1959, for both Democratic and Republican parties, as well as running in the primary in the Republican party in the 1963 and 1967 mayoral elections. He was the "Tax Cut" and "America First" candidate in the 1960 elections for President of the United States. He stood in primaries for the United States Senator from Illinois in 1962 in the Democratic Party, and 1966, 1970 and 1978 for the Republicans. He also stood for United States Representative from Illinois, 7th District, in 1973, for the Republicans.

Lar Daly is best known today for using the Federal Communications Commission's "Equal Time Rule" to force radio and television news broadcasts to give him equal coverage with Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley. [cite web|url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/E/htmlE/equaltimeru/equaltimeru.htm|title=Equal Time Rule|publisher=The Museum of Broadcast Communications|accessdate=2006-05-15] .

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