Kat Swift

Infobox musical artist
Name = Kat Swift


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Background = Activist, Business Administration
Birth_name = Katherine Lynette Swift
Alias = Kat
Born = Birth date and age|1973|06|06
Origin = Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
Occupation = Activist, bookkeeper
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URL = [http://www.voteswift.org VoteSwift.org]

Kat Swift (born June 6 1973) is a United States political activist, former co-chair of the Green Party of Texas, and spokesperson for the Green Party's National Women’s Caucus. She announced her intention to seek the 2008 Presidential nomination of the US Green Party at the 2004 Green Party National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is one of the youngest candidates to seek the office in 2008, meeting the age requirement of 35-years-old only months before Election Day in 2008. In 2007, Swift ran for City Council, District 1 in San Antonio, Texas finishing second of three candidates with 1,630 votes for 29.48% of the total vote. [ [http://www.bexar.org/elections/online/online.asp Bexar County election results] ] On July 12th, 2008 she finished third on the single ballot for the party's presidential nomination with 38 out of 532 delegate votes cast. She later endorsed the winner of the presidential nomination Cynthia McKinney

References

ee also

*Green Party of Texas
*2008 United States third party presidential candidates

External links

* [http://www.voteswift.org Kat Swift for President official web site]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=73468674 Kat Swift for President MySpace page]
* [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=80427 Candidate profile] at Project Vote Smart
* [http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/can_detail/P80004872/ Presidential campaign FEC disclosure report]