James G. Abourezk, a former member of the U.S. Senate from South Dakota, and also a former House member, is one of Ralph Nader’s three presidential elector candidates in that state this year. Abourezk also introduced Nader when Nader campaigned in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 11. Abourezk was elected to the U.S. House as a Democrat in 1970, and he was elected to the Senate in 1972. He was born in 1931.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
Alright!
Nader ’08!
Way to go, Senator Abourezk!
Both are of Lebanese ancestry.
Maybe the Nader campaign can ask him if he’d like to run for Congress again, this time as an independent or third party candidate.
I don’t think Abourezk will be running for Congress again. When he retired from the Senate in 1978 after one term, he said, “I can’t wait to get out of this chickens**t outfit.”