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Laura Garza
Laura Garza is an American
Garza ran as the Socialist Workers Party candidate for Vice President in 1996. She and running mate James Harris received 8,463 votes. She was the 2006 SWP candidate for Congress in Massachusetts's 8th Congressional District, which includes Cambridge, Chelsea, Somerville and about three quarters of Boston. She was the sole challenger to Democratic incumbent Mike Capuano, to whom she lost, receiving 12,390 votes, 9% of the total.
| Preceded by Willie Mae Reid |
Socialist
Workers Party Vice Presidential candidate 1996 (lost) |
Succeeded by Margaret Trowe |
See also
- Massachusetts general election, 2006
- Massachusetts congressional elections, 2006
- United States presidential election, 1996
External links
- Ted Leonard, "Socialist candidates in Massachusetts: U.S. hands off Cuba!", The Militant 70(33), 4 September 2006.
- James Harris and Laura Garza, "'Anti-Terrorist' Measures Aimed At Working Class", The Militant 69(20), 19 August 1996.
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