Andrew Pulley

Cleve Andrew Pulley (born May 5, 1951) is an American former politician who ran as the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1972 and one of three nominees the party put forth for President of the United States in 1980. Pulley was also the SWP's nominee for mayor of Chicago in 1979 and has also run for the United States Congress in the state of Michigan.

Biography Pulley is African American and from Chicago, Illinois.

He strongly supported the civil rights movement, was a steel mill worker, and Vietnam War U.S. Army veteran who had opposed the war. Pulley's speech at the April 24, 1971 500,000 person protest march in Washington, D.C. against the Vietnam War appears in filmmaker David Loeb Weiss' 1972 documentary short film, To Make a Revolution. Pulley was one of the Fort Jackson Eight. At the time of the election, he was twenty-one years old, making him ineligible to serve as vice president under the United States Constitution (also ineligible was Jenness, who was 31).

In some states, he was the SWP nominee for president in 1980. As the party's presidential nominee in the states of California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota, he received a total of 6,272 votes nationwide. Among those supporting his candidacy was future-Senator Bernie Sanders.

In 1984, Pulley was the SWP nominee for Michigan's 1st congressional district, and received 0.4% of the vote. A central part of his platform was opposition to the privatization of Wayne County General Hospital.

In 1990, Pulley ran without any party affiliation for Michigan's 13th congressional district. He placed fifth out of five candidates, with 530 votes (0.8% of votes cast).