Steve Michael
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Steve Michael was a member of ACT UP and in 1996
was the AIDS Cure Party's candidate for President of the United States
, with Anne Northrup as his running mate. Their presidential ticket was only on the ballot in Tennessee
. He was a critic of the Clinton
administration and his stated intention in creating the party and running for office was to "create the illusion of an AIDS voting bloc, and AIDS will become a small part of the media coverage."http://www.poz.com/articles/252_1927.shtml He had also run in the New Hampshire
primaries, receiving a "couple hundred" votes there.http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=11836
Michael also ran for a Washington, D.C.
council seat in Ward 6 in 1997 with his party.http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=12523 He died in 1998.http://nymag.com/nymetro/health/columns/bodypolitic/2812/ The AIDS Cure Party is now inactive.http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/inactive.htm
United States presidential election, 1996
The United States presidential election of 1996 was a contest between the Democratic national ticket of President Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee and the Republican national ticket of former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas for President and former Housing Secretary Jack...
was the AIDS Cure Party's candidate 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....
, with Anne Northrup as his running mate. Their presidential ticket was only on the ballot in Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
. He was a critic of the Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
administration and his stated intention in creating the party and running for office was to "create the illusion of an AIDS voting bloc, and AIDS will become a small part of the media coverage."http://www.poz.com/articles/252_1927.shtml He had also run in the New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
primaries, receiving a "couple hundred" votes there.http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=11836
Michael also ran for a Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
council seat in Ward 6 in 1997 with his party.http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=12523 He died in 1998.http://nymag.com/nymetro/health/columns/bodypolitic/2812/ The AIDS Cure Party is now inactive.http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/inactive.htm
Further reading
- Michael's GLAA Questionnaire from his D.C. campaign http://www.glaa.org/archive/1997/michael.shtml
- "D.C. AIDS Activist Steve Michael Dies at 42" http://ndsn.org/mayjun98/netnews2.html
- "Steve Michael political funeral" http://www.actupny.org/reports/SteveMichael.html