Elvena E. Lloyd-Duffie (born June 8, 1932) was an American economist and politician and a candidate for the 1996 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

Biography

Elvena Lloyd-Duffie was born June 8, 1932, in Blytheville,

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. She got her

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in marketing/management, at John Q. Adams University, in 1963. In 1968 she got her

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, and in 1973 she got her DD in

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. She has had many jobs including being a gate agent in the

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, a

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, an oil dealer, a politician and an accountant. She married author Jimmie Duffie on May 5, 1977, later separating from him; he was also her running mate in the

1996 United States presidential election United States presidential election, Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic President Bill Clinton and his running mate, incumbent Democratic Vice Presi ...

1996 presidential election

Elvena was a candidate in the 1996 Democratic Party presidential primaries, running on a platform that included free unlimited

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to anyone who wanted it. She reportedly raised $50.1 million for her presidential bid. She was on the

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in five states and finished third behind incumbent

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, ...

and

Lyndon LaRouche Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche Jr. (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2019) was an American political activist who founded the LaRouche movement and its main organization, the National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC). He was a prominent conspiracy ...

with a total of 92,324 votes.https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections96.pdf

References

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