After being excluded from later Democratic debates, Mike Gravel ran for the Libertarian presidential nomination in 2008 but failed to win it.
Sources
- Mike Gravel, former US senator for Alaska, dies at 91 (apnews.com)
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-gravel-dies-former-senator-alaska-presidential-candidate/ (cbsnews.com)
- https://ballotpedia.org/Mike_Gravel (ballotpedia.org)
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