Bill van Auken

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Bill van Auken (* 1950 ) is an American politician and a leading member of the Trotskyist Socialist Equality Party (SEP). He was his party's candidate in the 2004 US presidential election and received 1,857 votes (= 0.0015%). In the 2006 Senate election , he ran for the Senate seat for New York as an opponent of Hillary Clinton and received 6,004 votes (= 0.13%).

Van Auken works as a journalist for the World Socialist Web Site operated by the SEP .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Socialist Equality Party announces US presidential campaign on wsws.org January 27, 2004, accessed December 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the US President, the US Senate and the US House of Representatives," Federal Election Commission (Washington, DC, May 2005), accessed September 30, 2016.
  3. ^ Socialist Equality Party announces candidates in New York [...] on wsws.org on March 21, 2006, accessed on December 20, 2014.
  4. ^ NYS Board of Elections US Senate Election Returns Nov. 7, 2006 , accessed September 30, 2016.

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personal data
SURNAME Van Auken, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vann, Bill (pseudonym); Van Auken, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician (Socialist Equality Party)
DATE OF BIRTH 1950