Alfred Attilio Checchi (born June 6, 1948) is an American businessman who was a candidate for Governor of California in the 1998 gubernatorial election, losing to fellow Democrat Gray Davis in the June 1998 primary.
 Checchi finished in second place in the Democratic primary, capturing 12.49% of the vote.
 He ran as a New Democrat and called for increased spending on education.
 He set a new record at the time for spending in a California gubernatorial race, spending over $40 million of his personal fortune.
 Checchi had previously enjoyed success in various business ventures, most notably serving as co-chairman of Northwest Airlines.
 He attended the Harvard School of Business.
 Checchi is married to his wife Kathryn and has 3 children.
Dino Rossi (born October 15, 1959) is a member of the Washington State Senate from the 45th district.
 He is an American commercial real estate executive, perennial candidate, two-time Republican nominee for Governor of Washington, and former Republican candidate for United States Senate.
 His first run for governor in the 2004 election became the closest gubernatorial race in U.S. history; Rossi was certified as governor-elect and won the first recount before losing a second recount, done by hand, to Democrat Christine Gregoire.
 He ran for governor again in 2008, losing again to Gregoire.
Farid A. Khavari, Ph.D, is an economist, author, patent-holder, designer, and small business owner.
 In 2010, he ran as an independent candidate for Governor of Florida.
 He was also an independent candidate for the 2014 Florida Gubernatorial race.
The Maine gubernatorial election of 2002 took place on November 5, 2002.
 Incumbent Independent Governor Angus King was term limited, and unable to seek re-election.
 United States Congressman John Baldacci won the Democratic primary uncontested, while former State Representative Peter Cianchette emerged from the Republican primary victorious.
 Baldacci and Cianchetti squared off in the general election, joined by Jonathan Carter, the Green Party nominee, and independent State Representative John Michael.
 Ultimately, Baldacci prevailed over Cianchette to win what would be his first of two terms as governor, with Carter taking an unusually high amount of the vote for a third-party candidate.
Eliot Cutler (born July 29, 1946) is an American lawyer who was an Independent candidate in Maine's 2010 and 2014 gubernatorial races.
Susan Walsh Longley (born December 15, 1955) is an American politician and lawyer from Maine.
 A Democrat, Longley served in the Maine Senate from 1994 to 2002, where she represented Waldo County.
 In 2002, she sought the Democratic Party's nomination for Maine's 2nd congressional district, where she sought to replace John Baldacci.
 She lost in the June primary to Senate President Mike Michaud.
 In 2004, Longley unseated incumbent Republican Waldo Count Judge of Probate Randy Mailloux.
 She was re-elected in 2008 and 2012.
Frank John Esposito (born June 9, 1941) is an American historian, educator, and university administrator.
 He is the Distinguished Service Professor of History at Kean University in Union, New Jersey.
 In the 2009 New Jersey gubernatorial race, Esposito was named by independent candidate Christopher Daggett as his ticket's candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
Douglas M. Duncan (born October 25, 1955) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party.
 Duncan served as County Executive of Montgomery County, Maryland from 1994 to 2006.
 Duncan held the office longer than any other county executive in the county's history.
 In 2006, Duncan was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the Maryland gubernatorial election.
 He abruptly dropped out of the race on June 22, 2006, citing clinical depression, handing the nomination to Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley.
 Following his exit from the gubernatorial race, he was appointed Vice President of Administrative Affairs of the University of Maryland, College Park, where he worked for 17 months.
 In 2014 he unsuccessfully ran for his old job as Montgomery County Executive.
 He lost to incumbent Ike Leggett in the Democratic Party primary.
The Republican Moderate Party of Alaska is a political party in Alaska formed by Ray Metcalfe in 1986 as an alternative to what Metcalfe perceived to be a Republican Party dominated by the Religious Right.
 Only one candidate has ever won an election, a 2002 race for the state senate, but that candidate (Thomas Wagoner) re-affiliated with the Republican Party the day after the election.
 The Republican Moderate Party has extensive litigation-related history, due in no small part to its minor party status.
 Previous cases have included ballot access rights and an early challenge to its name by the Republican Party of Alaska.
 After a record of success in the 1990s, its support has slowly dwindled, ending with just 0.63% of the 2002 gubernatorial election.
 State law requires that 3% of registered voters vote for a party or be registered to it for recognition.
 A court challenge initially overturned this law, holding that it was more restrictive than what the state required of independent candidates, but resulted in the original law being upheld by the Alaska Supreme Court on the grounds that a party candidate has more impact than an independent candidate.
 The party has since been recognized by the state again.
 As of October 2010 there were 2,719 members statewide.
The 2010 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010.
 Incumbent Democratic Governor John Baldacci was term-limited and unable to seek re-election.
 Primary elections took place on June 8, 2010.
 The candidates who appeared on the November ballot were (in alphabetical order by last name): Eliot Cutler (Independent), Paul LePage (Republican), Libby Mitchell (Democrat), Shawn Moody (Independent), and Kevin Scott (Independent).

Question: What profession was the independent candidate who ran in the race to replace John Baldacci and also in Maine's 2014 gubernatorial race
Answer: lawyer