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Gavrielle Holmes

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Gavrielle Holmes
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPolitician
Political partyWorkers World Party

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)[1] and Rhode Island. For other states, the presidential candidate that year was Larry Holmes.[2]

She had also been the running mate for Deirdre Griswold in the 1980 U.S. presidential election 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.

References

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  1. ^ http://serform2.sos.state.oh.us/sos//results/80/1984/pres.htm [dead link]
  2. ^ "PRESIDENTIAL '84: A CASE STUDY" (PDF). Cengage. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
Preceded by
none
Workers World Party vice presidential candidate
1980 (lost)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Workers World Party presidential candidate
1984 (lost)
Succeeded by
Larry Holmes