Stanford E. "Andy" Andress is a

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author and political candidate. Andress is the author of the 1996 book, ''The Civil War: The Sound of Thunder'' (), which he co-authored with his wife, Irene M. Deasy. In 2002, Andress ran as a write-in candidate for Colorado Congressional Delegation in the

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with a slogan of "Andress for Congress: Honesty". He placed 6th with 109 votes.

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won the seat in a close election over

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Mike Feeley by a margin of 101 votes after a recount. In 2004, he ran on the ballot in

as an

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for

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with his wife as his running mate. They received 804 votes, which while a small number compared to the millions both

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and

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received, was still more than some of the party-affiliated candidates received in Colorado. In particular, the Socialist Workers Party, Socialist Equality Party,

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, as well as the combined two competing tickets of the Prohibition Party all received a smaller number of votes.

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