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'No regrets': world's biggest election loser runs for 96th time in Canada
Posted on 9/23/18 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 9/23/18 at 2:31 pm
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The first time John Turmel ran in an election, it was 1979 and his primary aim was to legalise gambling. While his door-knocking efforts earned him just 193 votes, the race marked the start of an obsession that would eventually launch the Canadian into the record books for having contested, and lost, the highest number of elections in the world.
Some four decades on, Turmel has contested 95 elections, throwing his hat into the ring for jobs ranging from city councillor to MP. Often running as an independent, the number of votes he receives fluctuates wildly, from 11 to 4,500.
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His platform soon expanded to legalising drugs and prostitution as well. “I was called the champion of the gamblers, hookers and dope smokers.”
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Posted on 9/23/18 at 2:33 pm to Tigerbait357
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I was called the champion of the gamblers, hookers and dope smokers.”
All three should be legal.
Posted on 9/23/18 at 2:34 pm to Tigerbait357
Not all heroes wear capes
Posted on 9/23/18 at 2:36 pm to Tigerbait357
At first, I thought this was another Hillary or John McCain thread.
Posted on 9/23/18 at 2:47 pm to papasmurf1269
Posted on 9/23/18 at 4:31 pm to Tigerbait357
He’s no vermin supreme though
Posted on 9/23/18 at 4:34 pm to Tigerbait357
97th time will be the charm
Posted on 9/23/18 at 6:08 pm to Tigerbait357
Arden Wells has to be a close second. He has ran for practically every elected position in Tangipahoa Parish over the last 20-30 years. Lost every. Single. Time.
Posted on 9/23/18 at 8:19 pm to Tigerbait357
I’d vote for him
Posted on 9/24/18 at 7:22 am to Tigerbait357
Reminds me of L.D. "none of the above" Knox from Jigger:
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Knox claimed to have run for more offices than nearly any other American citizen, having sought the Louisiana governorship, the 5th District slot in the U.S. Congress, a seat in the Louisiana State Legislature, and even the office of U.S. President. In 1978, Knox and then Louisiana state senator, later Secretary of State, James H. "Jim" Brown of Ferriday in Concordia Parish, running as Democrats, unsuccessfully challenged the reelection of freshman Democratic U.S. Representative Jerry Huckaby. In 1979, Knox began the process of adding "None of the Above" to his name when he was a minor candidate in the gubernatorial election. He was unable to procure the name change until after the election was held. U.S. Representative David C. Treen became the first Republican governor since Reconstruction, and Knox finished seventh, with 6,327 votes, in the nonpartisan blanket primary.[3]
Posted on 9/24/18 at 7:28 am to Tigerbait357
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world's biggest election loser
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