Alan Keyes announced his United States Presidential candidacy, running as a Republican Party candidate, on September 14, 2007 in an interview with radio show personality Janet Parshall. Keyes later sought the nomination of the Constitution Party in the same year, before becoming independent.
This was Keyes' fourth official bid for the presidency; he ran in three election cycles prior to 2008: 1992, 1996 and 2000.
On June 5, 2007 a draft movement ...
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Alan Keyes announced his United States Presidential candidacy, running as a Republican Party candidate, on September 14, 2007 in an interview with radio show personality Janet Parshall. Keyes later sought the nomination of the Constitution Party in the same year, before becoming independent.
This was Keyes' fourth official bid for the presidency; he ran in three election cycles prior to 2008: 1992, 1996 and 2000.
On June 5, 2007 a draft movement was started entitled We Need Alan Keyes for President and formed a political action committee to encourage Keyes to run for President. On September 14, 2007, Keyes officially announced his candidacy in an interview with radio show host Janet Parshall and was quickly invited to the Values Voter Debate, a debate that was streamed live on Skyangel, the Value Voter Website, and radio.
Keyes received 5% of support in the Values Voter straw poll, placing third only behind Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul. His campaign drew very little support in any of...
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