Gavrielle Holmes, also known as Gavrielle Gemma, is an American communist politician. She was a third-party candidate ( Workers World Party) for President of the United States in the U.S. presidential election, 1984, receiving votes in Ohio (2,565) and Rhode Island. For other states, the presidential candidate that year was Larry Holmes. She had also been the running mate for

Deirdre Griswold Deirdre Griswold is an American communist political activist. She is the editor of ''Workers World'', the newspaper of the Workers World Party, and former candidate for President of the United States. Griswold ran in 1980 United States presidenti ...

in the

1980 U.S. presidential election The 1980 United States presidential election was the 49th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 4, 1980. Republican nominee Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter in a landslide victory. ...

in some states. She is currently living in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is a member of the New Orleans Workers Group. She is an organizer of Takem Down Nola, a group of civil rights activists that successfully fought to remove five Confederate statues from the city.

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