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Vermin Supreme
Vermin Supreme (Independent, Democratic Party, Conservative Party) ran for election for President of the United States. Supreme (independent) lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Vermin Supreme was born in Rockport, Massachusetts. He graduated from Gloucester High School in 1979. Supreme moved to Baltimore where he booked bands for clubs. He participated in the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament in 1986.[1]
Supreme first ran for public office in 1987. As a political satirist, he launched several presidential campaigns in both Democratic and Republican primaries.[1]
Elections
2024
Presidency
- See also: Presidential candidates, 2024
An election for president of the United States was held on November 5, 2024. Supreme was on the ballot in the following states.
Democratic presidential primary
- See also: Democratic presidential nomination, 2024
The Democratic Party selected Vice President Kamala Harris (D) as its nominee during a virtual roll call vote on August 2, 2024, ahead of the in-person 2024 Democratic National Convention, which took place from August 19-22, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois.[2][3][4][5][6]
2020
U.S. Senate
See also: United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2020
United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2020 (September 1 Democratic primary)
United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2020 (September 1 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Massachusetts
Incumbent Edward J. Markey defeated Kevin O'Connor and Shiva Ayyadurai in the general election for U.S. Senate Massachusetts on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Edward J. Markey (D) | 66.2 | 2,357,809 |
 | Kevin O'Connor (R)  | 33.0 | 1,177,765 | |
 | Shiva Ayyadurai (R) (Write-in) | 0.6 | 21,134 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 7,428 | ||
| Total votes: 3,564,136 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Frederick Mayock (Independent)
- Andre Gray (G)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Massachusetts
Incumbent Edward J. Markey defeated Joseph Kennedy III in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Massachusetts on September 1, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Edward J. Markey | 55.4 | 782,694 |
 | Joseph Kennedy III | 44.5 | 629,359 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1,935 | ||
| Total votes: 1,413,988 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Massachusetts
Kevin O'Connor defeated Shiva Ayyadurai in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Massachusetts on September 1, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin O'Connor | 59.7 | 158,590 |
| Shiva Ayyadurai | 39.4 | 104,782 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 2,245 | ||
| Total votes: 265,617 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
No Libertarians filed for this race. Vermin Supreme ran as a write-in and received 27 votes. He did not receive enough votes to make the general election ballot.
Presidency
- See also: Presidential candidates, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) won the presidential election on November 3, 2020. Biden received 306 electoral votes and President Donald Trump (R) received 232 electoral votes. In the national popular vote, Biden received 81.2 million votes and Trump received 74.2 million votes.
Campaign themes
2020
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ballotpedia, "Email communication with Chris Rogers, press secretary for Vermin Supreme," February 28, 2020
- ↑ USA Today, "Harris makes history as first Black woman, Asian American presidential nominee," August 2, 2024
- ↑ ABC News, "DNC to nominate Biden and Harris to bypass Ohio ballot issues," May 28, 2024
- ↑ The New York Times, "Democrats Set Aug. 1 for Harris Nomination Vote," July 24, 2024
- ↑ CBS News, "Kamala Harris closer to being nominee as DNC approves early virtual roll call vote," July 24, 2024
- ↑ DNC, "DNC and DNCC Chairs Announce Results of Presidential Nominating Petition Process and Opening of Virtual Roll Call on August 1," July 30, 2024
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