What key details about alyson kennedy can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: alyson kennedy is an american politician , a member of the socialist workers party -lrb- swp -rrb- and was the party 's candidate for vice president in the 2008 united states presidential election . the ticket campaigned for young voters especially . at the head of the ticket were two different candidates , roger calero and james harris ; harris was an alternate in some states because calero was constitutionally ineligible because he is a lawful permanent resident of the united states -lrb- holding a green card -rrb- , and not a us citizen . they were the first pair to qualify for the ballot in louisiana calero/kennedy won 5,127 votes and harris/kennedy 2,424 . originally from indianapolis , kennedy joined the socialist movement in 1973 in louisville , kentucky . she has worked in coal mines in alabama , colorado , utah , and west virginia . in 1977 she ran as the swp candidate for mayor of cleveland , ohio against incumbent republican ralph perk , garnering 1,225 votes and losing by a wide margin to dennis kucinich . she first joined the united mine workers of america -lrb- umwa -rrb- in 1981 , and was one of the leaders of a strike in utah 2004 , also being involved in litigation . in 2000 , she ran for united states senate as a certified write-in candidate in a race prompted by the death of candidate and former governor of missouri mel carnahan . kennedy is currently employed as a garment worker .
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- candidate is vice president of the united states- party is socialist workers party- name is alyson kennedy- birth place is indianapolis , indiana , united states