Freedom and Peace
Members of the Legislature: 0
Highest Office Won: None
Founded: 1968
The sole purpose for the 'Committee for the Write-In Vote for Dick Gregory' was to qualify comedian and activist Dick Gregory as a write-in candidate in California. "He ran for president in 1968 as a write-in candidate for the Freedom and Peace Party, a splinter group of the Peace and Freedom Party and received 1.5 million votes. Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey lost the election to Republican Richard Nixon by 510,000 votes, and many believe Humphrey would have won had Gregory not run."* The committee dissolved following the 1968 election.