Peter Camejo

Peter Camejo
Personal details
Born
Peter Miguel Camejo Guanche

(1939-12-31)December 31, 1939
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 13, 2008(2008-09-13) (aged 68)
Folsom, California, U.S.
Political partySocialist Workers (before 1980)
Green (2002–2004; 2006–2008)
Reform (2004–2006)
SpouseMorella Camejo
Parent
  • Peter Camejo (father)
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology

Peter Miguel Camejo Guanche (December 31, 1939 – September 13, 2008) was a Venezuelan American author, activist, politician and Sailing Olympian. In the 2004 United States presidential election, he was selected by independent candidate Ralph Nader as his vice-presidential running mate on a ticket which had the endorsement of the Reform Party.[1][2]

Camejo was a three-time Green Party gubernatorial candidate in California, most recently in 2006, when he received 2.3 percent of the vote. Camejo also ran in the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election finishing fourth in a field of 135 candidates (2.8%), and in 2002, finishing third with 5.3%. In the 1976 presidential election he ran for the Socialist Workers Party, receiving 90,310 votes.

  1. ^ "Nader For President 2004". www.votenader.org. Archived from the original on October 9, 2007.
  2. ^ Seelye, Katharine Q. (May 13, 2004). "THE 2004 CAMPAIGN: THE INDEPENDENT; Reform Party Backs Nader, Offering Line On Ballots". New York Times. Mississippi; Kansas; Michigan; Colorado; Montana; Florida; South Carolina. Retrieved January 1, 2011.