- Bill Wyatt
Bill Wyatt is a liberal Republican and was a candidate for the 2004 Republican Presidential nomination. He is a 43-year-old
t-shirt maker and father of three fromCalifornia . Wyatt left the Democratic Party to become a Republican after Democrats voted for the war in Iraq, an action he saw as a betrayal. He hopes to have a greater voice as a member of the Republican Party.Wyatt traveled 12,000 miles and spent an estimated $20,000 on his Presidential campaignFact|date=May 2008. He managed to qualify for
ballot status inNew Hampshire ,Missouri ,Oklahoma , andLouisiana , and even the Democratic Primary ballot inArizona Fact|date=May 2008.His early showings were disheartening but not surprising. He finished tenth in the
New Hampshire primary with 0.23% of the vote (153 votes).On
Mini-Tuesday , Wyatt won just over 10% of the vote inOklahoma . He also placed second inMissouri , where he gained 1,268 votes (1.03%). Wyatt also received 233 votes (0.10%) in theArizona Democratic primary. He gained 4% of the vote in Louisiana, which is the last primary in which he appeared on the ballot.Fact|date=May 2008External links
* [http://www.billwyatt.org/ Bill Wyatt]
* [http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1078567066204870.xml Bush's Lone Republican Foe Makes Last Stand]
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