By Richard Winger On February 12, the Socialist Workers Party announced that its 2016 national ticket will be Alyson Kennedy for president, and Osborne Hart for vice-president. This is only the second time that the SWP has nominated a woman for President; the first time was in 1972, when Linda Jenness ran.
The Socialist Workers Party has now nominated a presidential candidate for 18 elections in a row. Besides the Democratic and Republican Parties, the only other U.S. political parties that ever did that were the Prohibition and Socialist Labor Parties.
The 2016 campaign now has four parties with “Socialist”, “Socialism”, or “Workers” …read more
Source:: http://ballot-access.org/2016/02/13/socialist-workers-party-announces-national-ticket-2/