Gavrielle Holmes
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Gavrielle Holmes was a third-party candidate (Workers World Party
Workers World Party
Workers World Party is a far-left political party in the United States, founded in 1959 by a group led by Sam Marcy. Marcy and his followers split from the Socialist Workers Party in 1958 over a series of long-standing differences, among them Marcy's group's support for Henry A...

) for President of the United States
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

 in the U.S. presidential election, 1984, receiving votes in Ohio
Ohio
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 (2,565)http://serform2.sos.state.oh.us/sos//results/80/1984/pres.htm and Rhode Island
Rhode Island
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. For other states, the presidential candidate that year was Larry Holmes
Larry Holmes (Marxist)
Larry Holmes is the co-founder of International ANSWER and founder of , which seeks the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal.He is a member of the Secretariat of Workers World Party, and an activist for the Troops Out Now Coalition...

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She had also been the running mate for Deirdre Griswold
Deirdre Griswold
Deirdre Griswold was a third-party candidate for President of the United States in the United States presidential election, 1980, representing the communist Workers World Party. Her running mate was Gavrielle Holmes....

 in the 1980 U.S. presidential election
United States presidential election, 1980
The United States presidential election of 1980 featured a contest between incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent, Ronald Reagan, as well as Republican Congressman John B. Anderson, who ran as an independent...

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