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Gary Swing (Born 1968)[1] Is a American Politician And Perennial Candidate[2][3]

Political Career

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Gary Swing Was Born In Willingboro, New Jersey[4]

Swing's First Political Campaign Would Come in 1996 running for Colorado state senate in the 8th district as a green party candidate, Swing Would Receive 1,338 votes Equaling to 9%[5][6]

later in 1998 Swing would run for United States Senate From Colorado Under the ''Us Pacifist Party'' Banner, Swing would place last in said election with only 0.15% of the vote[7][8][9]

in 2002 Swing would seek a United States House of Representatives seat, As a Natural Law Party Member, in the 3rd district, Receiving 0.87% of the vote[10]

Swing would seek the a United States House of Representatives seat again in 2010, in the 1st district, Receiving 1.41% of the vote[11] [12] Swing would run for the same seat in 2012 with similar results[13][14]

In 2012 Gary Swing would run for president of the united states in the green party primary, only appearing on the ballot in Arizona as a ''favorite son candidate'', running on a campaign of abolishing the us house and senate replacing them with proportional representation, Campaign Finance reform, opposition to the Iraq war, a ''real criminal investigation into the US government’s role in 9/11'' and environmental protection[15][16] Swing would Receive 5.3% with only 30 votes[17]

in 2014 swing would run for a United States House of Representatives Seat in Colorado District 6, Receiving 2%[18] [19]

In 2016 Gary Swing would receive the nomination of the green party for the 2016 United States Senate election in Arizona, He would receive 5.48%[20]

Swing would also declare for the 2016 United States Senate election in Colorado[21]

in 2018 Swing would Run for United States House of Representatives in Arizona's 7th district, a race with no Republican Candidate[22]

Swing would join the unity party[23] and ran for U.S. House in Colorado's District 2 in 2020, receiving 0.5%[24] while also running for president under the ''boiling frog party'' banner[25], receiving 141 votes in Vermont[26]

in 2022 Swing would run for Colorado Secretary of State, Receiving 0.46% of the vote[27][28]

in 2024 Swing ran for state senate, receiving 9.5% of the vote[29] [1]

Electoral History

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1998 United States Senate election in Colorado[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Incumbent) 829,370 62.49% +19.78%
Democratic Dottie Lamm 464,754 35.02% −16.76%
Libertarian David S. Segal 14,024 1.06% +1.06%
Constitution Kevin Swanson 9,775 0.74%
Natural Law Jeffrey Peckham 4,101 0.31%
Independent John Heckman 3,230 0.24%
Independent Gary Swing 1,981 0.15%
Majority 364,616 27.47% +18.40%
Turnout 1,327,235
Republican hold Swing
2002 Colorado's 3rd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott McInnis (incumbent) 143,433 65.80%
Democratic Denis Berckefeldt 68,160 31.27%
Libertarian Brent Shroyer 4,370 2.00%
Natural Law Gary Swing 1,903 0.87%
Independent Jason Alessio (write-in) 106 0.05%
Total votes 217,972 100.00%
Republican hold
Colorado's 1st congressional district election, 2010[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Diana DeGette (incumbent) 140,073 67.42
Republican Mike Fallon 59,747 28.76
Green Gary Swing 2,923 1.41
Libertarian Clint Jones 2,867 1.38
Constitution Chris Styskal 2,141 1.03
Total votes 207,751 100.00
Democratic hold
Colorado's 1st congressional district, 2012[32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Diana DeGette (incumbent) 237,579 68.2
Republican Danny Stroud 93,217 26.8
Libertarian Frank Atwood 12,585 3.6
Green Gary Swing 4,829 1.4
Total votes 348,210 100.0
Democratic hold
2014 United States House of Representatives elections[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Coffman (incumbent) 143,467 51.90%
Democratic Andrew Romanoff 118,847 42.99%
Libertarian Norm Olsen 8,623 3.12%
Green Gary Swing 5,503 1.99%
Total votes 276,440 100%
Republican hold
2016 United States Senate election in Arizona Green primary results[34]
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Gary Swing (write-in) 238 100.0%
Total votes 238 100.0%
2020 United States presidential election in Vermont[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joe Biden
Kamala Harris 		242,820 66.09% +10.37%
Republican Donald Trump
Mike Pence 		112,704 30.67% +0.91%
Libertarian Jo Jorgensen
Spike Cohen 		3,608 0.98% −2.16%
Green Howie Hawkins
Angela Walker 		1,310 0.36% −1.75%
Independent Kanye West
Michelle Tidball 		1,269 0.35% N/A
Grumpy Old Patriots H. Brooke Paige
Thomas Witman 		1,175 0.32% N/A
Independent Christopher LaFontaine
Michael Speed 		856 0.23% N/A
Independent Bernie Sanders
(write-in) 		619 0.17% −5.51%
Independent Richard Duncan
Mitch Bupp 		213 0.06% N/A
American Solidarity Brian Carroll
Amar Patel 		209 0.06% N/A
Constitution Don Blankenship
William Mohr 		208 0.06% +0.04%
Socialist Workers Alyson Kennedy
Malcolm Jarrett 		195 0.05% N/A
Liberty Union Gloria La Riva
Sunil Freeman 		166 0.05% −0.05%
Boiling Frog Gary Swing
David Olszta 		141 0.04% N/A
Prohibition Phil Collins
Billy Joe Parker 		137 0.04% N/A
Bull Moose Keith McCormic
Sam Blasiak 		126 0.03% N/A
Independent Brock Pierce
Karla Ballard 		100 0.03% N/A
Bread and Roses Jerome Segal
John De Graaf 		65 0.02% N/A
Approval Voting Blake Huber
Frank Atwood 		54 0.01% N/A
Independent Kyle Kopitke
Taja Ivanow 		53 0.01% N/A
Alliance Rocky De La Fuente
Darcy Richardson 		48 0.01% N/A
Independent Zachary Scalf
Matthew Lyda 		29 0.01% N/A
Write-in 1,942 0.53% -0.93%
Total votes 367,428 100.00% N/A

Results

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2022 Colorado Secretary of State election[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jena Griswold (incumbent) 1,369,040 55.10% +2.40%
Republican Pam Anderson 1,045,582 42.08% −2.61%
Libertarian Bennett Rutledge 36,485 1.47% N/A
American Constitution Amanda Campbell 17,602 0.71% −1.37%
Unity Gary Swing 11,458 0.46% N/A
Approval Voting Jan Kok 4,591 0.18% −0.35%
Total votes 2,484,758 100.0%
Democratic hold

Personal Life

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Swing is a resident of Boulder, Colorado[35]

Swing Holds a bachelor's degree in political science[35]

Swing is Childless and in a open relationship[37]

References

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  2. ^ [email protected], Ernest Luning (2023-07-10). "Q&A with Gary Swing | Veteran minor party candidate advocates for proportional representation". Colorado Politics. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
  3. ^ Luning, Ernest (2017-12-08). "Perennial candidate Gary Swing joins Unity Party, plans run in 1st Congressional District". Colorado Politics. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
  4. ^ "Gary Swing". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
  5. ^ "1996 Nov 5 • General • State Representative • State Representative District 8 | State of Colorado". State of Colorado Elections Database. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
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  15. ^ Nintzel, Jim. "Green Presidential Candidate Gary Swing: Corporate Media "Focus on Distractrations Rather Than the Real Issues"". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
  16. ^ Gary Swing (2012-02-04). Gary Swing for President: Vote for Peace, Justice, and Marinara Sauce!. Retrieved 2025-05-21 – via YouTube.
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  22. ^ Hansen, Ronald J. "Congressional District 7: Rep. Ruben Gallego wins Democratic primary, faces no GOP rival". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
  23. ^ "Perennial candidate Gary Swing joins Unity Party, plans run in 1st Congressional District | News | gazette.com". gazette.com. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
  24. ^ "Colorado's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
  25. ^ [email protected], Ernest Luning (2023-07-10). "Q&A with Gary Swing | Veteran minor party candidate advocates for proportional representation". Colorado Politics. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
  26. ^ "OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE CANVASSING COMMITTEE UNITED STATES AND VERMONT STATEWIDE OFFICES" (PDF). Vermont sos. 2025-05-21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2025-05-21. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2020-11-10 suggested (help)
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  28. ^ "2022GeneralStateAbstractCertResults" (PDF). Colorado secretary of state. 11/8/22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-12-31. Retrieved 2025-05-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  29. ^ "Colorado State Senate elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
  30. ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
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  32. ^ "CO – Election Results". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  33. ^ "Official Results November 4, 2014 General Election". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
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  35. ^ a b c "General official results" (PDF). sos.vermont.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 10, 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020. Cite error: The named reference ":0" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  36. ^ "Certificate & Results - General Election Statewide Abstract of Votes Cast" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State.
  37. ^ Carlson, Amber (2024-10-13). "Senate District 18: Gary Swing". Boulder Daily Camera. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
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