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|occupation = Activist, Author, Actor | |occupation = Activist, Author, Actor | ||
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|party = [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] | |party = [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] | ||
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'''Russell Means''' was a Oglala Lakota activist, author, and politician from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. | |||
In 1987, Means ran for President of the United States, seeking the Libertarian Party nomination in the 1988 election. He would finish as the runner up, losing the nomination to [[Ron Paul]]. | |||
==1988 Presidential Campaign== | |||
===Results=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ 1987 Libertarian Party National Convention Nomination for President of the United States | |||
|+ 1st Ballot (50% of Delegates needed to win) | |||
! Name !! Votes !! Percent | |||
|- | |||
| Ron Paul || 196 || 51.31% | |||
|- | |||
| '''Russell Means''' || '''120''' || '''31.41%''' | |||
|- | |||
| James A. Lewis || 49 || 12.83% | |||
|- | |||
|- | |||
| NOTA (write-in) || 14 || 3.66% | |||
|- | |||
| Harry Glenn || 3 || 0.79% | |||
|} | |||
<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/06/us/libertarians-pick-ex-congressman-in-88-bid.html</ref> | |||
==References== | |||