Mary J Ruwart was born on October 16,1949 and is an American retired biomedical researcher and a libertarian speaker, writer, and activist.
12 Facts About Mary Ruwart
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Mary Ruwart was a leading candidate for the 2008 Libertarian Party presidential nomination and is the author of the book Healing Our World.
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Mary Ruwart holds a Bachelor of Science with a major in biochemistry, and a doctorate in biophysics from Michigan State University.
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Mary Ruwart has served on the Libertarian National Committee, and was a keynote speaker at the 2004 Libertarian National Convention.
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In 2002, libertarians launched an unsuccessful lobbying campaign to get Dr Mary Ruwart appointed Food and Drug Administration Commissioner.
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Additionally, Mary Ruwart has served on the boards of the International Society for Individual Liberty, the Fully Informed Jury Association, and the Michigan chapter of the Heartland Institute.
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Mary Ruwart is a longtime supporter of the Free State Project and officially endorsed it on May 17,2008 while on-air on Free Talk Live.
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Mary Ruwart unsuccessfully ran for Texas Comptroller in 2010 against incumbent Republican Susan Combs.
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Mary Ruwart received 417,523 votes in a race that had no Democrat.
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In March 2008, in response to an informal draft effort by a group of Libertarian Party activists, Mary Ruwart announced her candidacy for the Libertarian presidential nomination in the 2008 election.
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Mary Ruwart ran on a platform of ending military intervention overseas and nation-building, ending torture, ending foreign aid, promoting free trade, eliminating welfare entitlements and creating jobs by slashing government spending.
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Mary Ruwart lost the nomination to Bob Barr on the sixth ballot at the 2008 Libertarian National Convention on May 25,2008.