Peter Camejo

Peter Camejo
Personal details
Born	Peter Miguel Camejo Guanche (1939-12-31)December 31, 1939 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	September 13, 2008(2008-09-13) (aged 68) Folsom, California, U.S.
Political party	Socialist Workers (before 1980) Green (2002–2004; 2006–2008) Reform (2004–2006)
Spouse	Morella Camejo
Parent	Peter Camejo (father)
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Peter Miguel Camejo Guanche (December 31, 1939 – September 13, 2008) was a Venezuelan American author, activist, politician and Sailing Olympian. In the 2004 United States presidential election, he was selected by independent candidate Ralph Nader as his vice-presidential running mate on a ticket which had the endorsement of the Reform Party.^[1][2]

Camejo was a three-time Green Party gubernatorial candidate in California, most recently in 2006, when he received 2.3 percent of the vote. Camejo also ran in the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election finishing fourth in a field of 135 candidates (2.8%), and in 2002, finishing third with 5.3%. In the 1976 presidential election he ran for the Socialist Workers Party, receiving 90,310 votes.