1. Andrew Verne Marrou is an American politician who served in the Alaska House of Representatives from the 5th district as a member of the Libertarian Party from 1985 to 1987.
37 Facts About Andre Marrou
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Andre Marrou was the Libertarian vice-presidential nominee in the 1988 election and presidential nominee in the 1992 election.
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Andre Marrou lived in Massachusetts until he moved to Alaska in 1973.
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Andre Marrou joined the Alaska Libertarian Party in 1976, and became its vice chair.
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Andre Marrou unsuccessfully sought a seat in the state house in 1982, before being elected in 1984, but lost reelection.
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Andrew Verne Marrou was born in Nixon, Texas, on December 4,1938, to Andrew Noil Marrou.
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Andre Marrou graduated from San Marcos High School and considered becoming a Methodist minister.
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Andre Marrou was one of the first people to receive a National Merit Scholarship and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree in 1962.
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Andre Marrou was given the nickname Andre by French roommates at MIT.
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Andre Marrou was a member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary in Massachusetts and Civil Air Patrol in Alaska.
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Andre Marrou lived in Boston until he moved to Alaska in 1973.
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Andre Marrou joined the Libertarian Party in September 1976 after being handed a brochure in Anchorage.
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Andre Marrou became vice chair of the Alaska Libertarian Party.
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Andre Marrou moved to Homer and established a Libertarian affiliate there.
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Andre Marrou ran for Seat B from the 5th district in the Alaska House of Representatives in 1982, but placed second out of three candidates.
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Andre Marrou was elected to the state house in 1984, after defeating incumbent Republican Representative Milo Fritz by 56 votes.
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Andre Marrou spent $21,600 during the campaign, with television advertising costing $10,150.
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Fritz asked Lieutenant Governor Steve McAlpine to decertify Andre Marrou's victory claiming that Andre Marrou knowingly lied on his conflict-of-interest form, but McAlpine declined.
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Andre Marrou introduced more bills than any other member of the state house, but only one was passed.
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In February 1987, Andre Marrou announced at the Libertarian Party of California's state convention that he would seek the party's vice presidential nomination.
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Ron Paul won the presidential nomination while Andre Marrou, after being nominated by David Bergland and seconded by Tonie Nathan and Michael Emerling, won the vice presidential nomination.
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Andre Marrou received one write-in vote in the New Hampshire Libertarian vice-presidential primary during the 1996 presidential election.
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Andre Marrou won the Libertarian presidential nomination for the 1992 presidential election at the national convention on August 31,1991.
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Andre Marrou wanted a woman to serve as his vice-presidential running mate and favored Mary Ruwart, but she lost the nomination to Nancy Lord.
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Andre Marrou spent $30,000 in New Hampshire during the 1992 primary.
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Andre Marrou won the Libertarian presidential primary without opposition, received 99 write-in votes in the Republican votes, and 70 write-in votes in the Democratic primary.
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Andre Marrou received more votes in Dixville Notch's midnight vote than the winners of the Republican and Democratic primaries.
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Andre Marrou won the California and Nebraska primaries without opposition.
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Andre Marrou wanted to accept matching funds as "it is a moral imperative that we reclaim looted tax money and use it to defend ourselves".
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Andre Marrou raised $824,168.00 and spent $830,840.00 during the campaign.
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Andre Marrou had two sons and adopted one with a wife he divorced in 1971.
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Andre Marrou married Norma Segal, the former chair of the Libertarian Party of New York.
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Andre Marrou's brother is American television news personality and Judge Chris Marrou.
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Andre Marrou supports abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, Federal Reserve, and income tax.
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Andre Marrou supported repealing the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 and eliminating all tariffs.
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Andre Marrou supported limiting members of the Alaska state house and senate to four two-year terms and two four-year terms respectively.
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Andre Marrou proposed legislation to abolish the Alaska Transportation Commission.