About Willie Mae Reid
Willie Mae Reid was an American politician.
In 1976, Reid ran for Vice President of the United States under the Socialist Workers Party.
Willie Mae Reid (born April 20, 1928) is an American politician who ran as the Socialist Workers Party candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 1975, winning 16,693 votes but coming in third place against Richard J. Daley. The number had fallen from the number of signatures she had acquired to get on the ballot, 66,000. She also ran as their vice presidential candidate in 1976 (presidential candidate: Peter Camejo) and 1992 (presidential candidate: James "Mac" Warren), winning 91,314 votes.
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