Eugene McCarthy

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Subsequent Campaigns

After leaving the Senate in 1971, McCarthy became a senior editor at Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich Publishing and a syndicated newspaper columnist.

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Editor - Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich - Syndicated - Newspaper - Columnist

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McCarthy would return to politics as a candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1972. After the 1972 campaign, he left the Democratic party, and ran as an Independent candidate for President in 1976, placing third with 740,460 votes (less than 1%). In 1980, he endorsed Libertarian candidate Ed Clark for President, and wrote the introduction to Clark's campaign book A New Beginning (some media reports since have claimed that McCarthy endorsed Ronald Reagan in 1980, and it is entirely possible that he endorsed both at different points in the campaign). In 1982, McCarthy failed in an attempt to reclaim his seat in the Senate, losing the Democratic primary to Mark Dayton.

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1980 - Libertarian - Ed Clark - Ronald Reagan - 1982 - Mark Dayton

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In 1988, his name appeared on the ballot as the Presidential candidate of a handful of left-wing state parties, such as the Consumer Party in Pennsylvania and the Minnesota Progressive Party in Minnesota. In 1992, returning to the Democratic Party, he entered the New Hampshire primary and campaigned for the Democratic Presidential nomination, but was excluded from most debates by party officials. McCarthy, along with other candidates excluded from the 1992 Democratic debates (including actor Tom Laughlin, two-time New Alliance Party Presidential candidate Lenora Fulani, former Irvine, California mayor Larry Agran, and others) staged protests and unsuccessfully took legal action in an attempt to be included in the debates. In 2000, McCarthy was active in the movement to include Green candidate Ralph Nader in the Presidential debates. As of 2004, he is listed as a member of the board of advisors of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a largely honorary post. He remains a prolific writer, and has authored several books on a variety of subjects in recent years. He is also a published poet.

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1988 - Pennsylvania - 1992 - Tom Laughlin - New Alliance Party - Lenora Fulani - Irvine, California - Larry Agran - 2000 - Green - Ralph Nader - 2004 - Federation for American Immigration Reform - Poet

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