Alyson Kennedy was a candidate in the 2019 Dallas mayoral election.
11 Facts About Alyson Kennedy
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Alyson Kennedy was the SWP's nominee for Vice President in the 2008 United States presidential election, President in the 2016 United States presidential election as well as their nominee for president in 2020.
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Originally from Indianapolis, Kennedy joined the socialist movement in 1973 in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Alyson Kennedy has worked in coal mines in Alabama, Colorado, Utah, and West Virginia.
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Alyson Kennedy first joined the United Mine Workers of America in 1981, and was one of the leaders of a strike in Utah 2004, being involved in litigation.
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On February 12,2016, Alyson Kennedy was announced as the nominee for president on the Socialist Workers Party ticket alongside Osborne Hart.
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Alyson Kennedy is the second woman to be the presidential nominee of the SWP, following Linda Jenness.
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Alyson Kennedy was on the ballot in eight states: Utah, Louisiana, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Tennessee, Washington and New Jersey.
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In January 2019, Alyson Kennedy declared her candidacy in the 2019 Dallas mayoral election, advocating for the improvement of the public transit system, a public jobs program to provide "union-scale wages", and for the Dallas Police Department to address claims of police brutality, pointing to the murder of Botham Jean as an example of such claims.
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Alyson Kennedy received 469 votes which placed her last among the candidates running.
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In February 2020, Alyson Kennedy was announced as her party's nominee for president.