page_title: Brian Moore 2008 presidential campaign
section_title: Campaign developments
hierarchical_section_title: Brian Moore 2008 presidential campaign / Chronicle / Campaign developments
caption_attribution_description: English: Stewart Alexander sporting the "Wriststrong" Wristband in an official campaign picture taken shortly after his nomination for Vice President of the United States of America by the Socialist Party USA at their National Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, October 20, 2007 Français&#160;: Stewart Alexander, candidat à la vice-présidence des Etats-Unis en 2008
context_page_description: The 2008 presidential campaign of Brian Patrick Moore, a local activist from Florida, began when he announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 19, 2007. The same month he was declared the nominee of the Socialist Party USA for the 2008 presidential election. The SPUSA national convention elected Stewart Alexis Alexander of California as Moore's vice presidential nominee.
  During his campaign, Moore focused on the American-led wars abroad, labor rights and community ownership of corporations. Throughout his campaign Moore failed to gather much support in the states he had access to, and ended in 11th place overall, receiving 6,555 votes nationwide. Moore was not able to increase the party's voter base, and instead, it lowered itself from 10 to 6 thousand votes nationwide from the previous presidential election. Moore's campaign raised $9,516.
  While minor, Moore managed to earn much needed media interest in the later part of the election mostly due to John McCain's red baiting against Barack Obama and making an appeal to the 5th US Circuit Court to get ballot access in the state of Louisiana.
context_section_description: On October 19, 2007 the Socialist Party USA held their national convention in St. Louis, Missouri. Brian Moore was voted the party's presidential candidate, with four out of 11 opponents earning fewer votes than him combined.  He earned the majority during the third election round. Later, Stewart Alexander was selected by the party as Moore's Vice Presidential candidate. A week later, Moore stood as a candidate for the Peace and Freedom Party, against Ralph Nader, Gloria La Riva, and Cynthia McKinney. Nader became the presidential candidate for the Peace and Freedom Party,  Moore then stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in Michigan, where he was again defeated by Nader. Moore won the nomination of the Natural Law Party of Mississippi.
  After not completing the necessary paperwork in time to field candidates in the state of Louisiana, the Socialist Party USA along with the Libertarian Party lost their respective privileges to field write-in candidates and party affiliated candidates in the state. Mark R. Brown of the Libertarian Party, along with Moore, made an appeal. The 5th US Circuit Court overturned US District Judge James Brady's order to include the Libertarian candidate on the Louisiana ballot, but upheld their ruling towards the Socialist Party USA, concluding that they had "filed too little, too late". Another reason is that the Socialist Party USA is an "un-recognized" organization according to the law of the state of Louisiana.
  This election marked the first time since the days of the Socialist Party of America, that a socialist candidate was on a ballot in the state of Ohio. Following legal challenges, US District Court Judge Edmund Sargus ordered Moore's name placed on the Ohio ballot. During their presidential campaign, the party earned little funding from supporters, with Moore remarking that the only candidates able or having a slim chance to win were "millionaires, or sellouts to corporate America". He further commented that it would be impossible for a third party candidate to win an election without ballot access in all fifty states. While highly vocal that he did not even have a slim chance of winning, he believed there would be a good chance of getting on the ballot in at least 20 states, because of the financial crisis of 2007–2010.
caption: Alexander shortly after being voted the vice presidential candidate for the party
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