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Richard Congress was a candidate for
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of the Socialist Workers Party. He was one of three candidates the party had that year, the others being Andrew Pulley and
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was the vice presidential candidate on all three tickets. Congress was on the ballot in
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, where he received 4,029 votes. Congress was also mentioned in a
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, ''Anderson v. Celebrezze'', 460 U.S. 780 (1983).


References


"General Election, November 4, 1980 Official Tabulation" Ohio Secretary of State
{{DEFAULTSORT:Congress, Richard Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Socialist Workers Party (United States) presidential nominees Candidates in the 1980 United States presidential election 20th-century American politicians