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[Editor’s Note: Grandpa Al Lewis passed away in 2006. Though, he is still being written about and reminsced about online. This entry and picture is from a recent web-posting about Grandpa Al Lewis]
In 1998 he decided to run for Governor of New York for the Green Party. He wanted to be listed on the ballot as “Grandpa Al Lewis” but this was rejected by the courts. He received a total of 52,533 votes which was more than the minimum of 50,000 votes needed to give the Green Party an automatic ballot line for the next four years.
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