Willie Mae Reid

Willie Mae Reid is an African-American politician who ran as the Socialist Workers Party candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 1975, winning 16,693 votes but coming in third place against Richard J. Daley.^[1] The number had fallen from the number of signatures she'd acquired to get on the ballot, 66,000^[2] She also ran as their vice presidential candidate in 1976 (Presidential candidate: Peter Camejo) and 1992 (Presidential candidate: James "Mac" Warren), winning 91,314 votes.^[3]

Bibliography

The racist offensive against busing: the lessons of Boston, how to fight back (1974)

Last hired, first fired. Affirmative action vs seniority NY: Pathfinder Press. 1975.

Black Women's Struggle for Equality NY: Pathfinder Press. (1976) (co-author)

Which way for the women's movement? How to win against the attacks on women's rights NY: Pathfinder Press. (1977) (co-author)

References

^ Metro Chicago almanac: fascinating facts and offbeat offerings 1991 p.37.
^ "Socialist Aims for the Vice-Presidency". Milwaukee Journal. January 6, 1976. p. 3. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
^ Facts about the presidents (1993). p.314.

Party political offices
Preceded by Andrew Pulley	Socialist Workers Party Vice Presidential candidate 1976 (lost)	Succeeded by Matilde Zimmermann
Preceded by Kathleen Mickells	Socialist Workers Party Vice Presidential candidate 1992 (lost)	Succeeded by Laura Garza

United States presidential election, 1976

Democratic Party

Convention
Primaries

Nominee:	Jimmy Carter

VP Nominee:	Walter Mondale

Candidates:	Birch Bayh Lloyd Bentsen Jerry Brown Robert Byrd Hugh Carey Frank Church Fred R. Harris Hubert Humphrey Henry M. Jackson Leon Jaworski Barbara Jordan Eugene McCarthy Ellen McCormack Walter Mondale Jennings Randolph Terry Sanford Milton Shapp campaign Sargent Shriver Adlai Stevenson III Mo Udall George Wallace

Republican Party

Convention
Primaries

Nominee:	Gerald Ford

VP Nominee:	Bob Dole

Candidates:	James L. Buckley Ronald Reagan Harold Stassen

Third party and independent candidates

American Party

Nominee:	Thomas J. Anderson

American Independent Party

Nominee:	Lester Maddox

Communist Party

Nominee:	Gus Hall

VP nominee:	Jarvis Tyner

Libertarian Party

Nominee:	Roger MacBride

VP nominee:	David Bergland

People's Party

Nominee:	Margaret Wright

VP nominee:	Benjamin Spock

Prohibition Party

Nominee:	Ben Bubar

VP nominee:	Earl Dodge

Socialist Workers Party

Nominee:	Peter Camejo

VP nominee:	Willie Mae Reid

U.S. Labor Party

Nominee:	Lyndon LaRouche

Other 1976 elections: House
Senate
Gubernatorial

United States presidential election, 1992

Democratic Party

Convention

Primaries

Nominee: Bill Clinton (campaign)

VP Nominee: Al Gore

Candidates: Larry Agran; Jerry Brown; Tom Harkin; Bob Kerrey; Lyndon LaRouche; Tom Laughlin; Eugene McCarthy; Paul Tsongas; Douglas Wilder; Charles Woods

Republican Party

Convention

Primaries

Nominee: George H. W. Bush

VP Nominee: Dan Quayle

Candidates: Pat Buchanan; David Duke; Jack Fellure; Isabell Masters; Pat Paulsen; Tennie Rogers; Harold Stassen

Independent

Candidate: Ross Perot (campaign)

VP Candidate: James Stockdale

Other independent and third party candidates

Libertarian Party	Nominee Andre Marrou VP Nominee Nancy Lord

Natural Law Party	Nominee John Hagelin VP Nominee Mike Tompkins

New Alliance Party	Nominee Lenora Fulani VP Nominee Maria Elizabeth Muñoz

Prohibition Party	Nominee Earl Dodge

Socialist Party USA	Nominee J. Quinn Brisben VP Nominee Barbara Garson

Socialist Workers Party	Nominee James Warren VP Nominee Willie Mae Reid

U.S. Taxpayers Party	Nominee Howard Phillips VP Nominee Albion W. Knight, Jr.

Workers World Party	Nominee Gloria La Riva VP Nominee Larry Holmes

Independents and other candidates	Ronald Daniels (Running mate: Asiba Tupahache) Bo Gritz Isabell Masters

Other 1992 elections: House; Senate; Gubernatorial

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