Floyd Parker
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Dr. Floyd Parker is a physician
from New Mexico
. Parker was one of two candidates (the other was Trenton Stokes
) for Vice President of the United States Trenton Stokes
of Arkansas
with the Populist Party
for the 1988 US presidential election
. Both men were David Duke
's running mate that year, and their Populist Party ticket polled 47,047 votes, for 0.04 percent of the combined, national popular vote.
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
from New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
. Parker was one of two candidates (the other was Trenton Stokes
Trenton Stokes
Trenton Stokes of Arkansas, in addition to Floyd Parker, was one of two men who appeared on several state ballots as the Populist Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1988. Both men were David Duke's running mate that year, and their Populist Party ticket polled 47,047 votes,...
) for Vice President of the United States Trenton Stokes
Trenton Stokes
Trenton Stokes of Arkansas, in addition to Floyd Parker, was one of two men who appeared on several state ballots as the Populist Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1988. Both men were David Duke's running mate that year, and their Populist Party ticket polled 47,047 votes,...
of Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
with the Populist Party
Populist Party (United States, 1984)
The Populist Party was a political party in the United States between 1984 and 1996. It was far-right and often white nationalist in its ideology...
for the 1988 US presidential election
United States presidential election, 1988
The United States presidential election of 1988 featured no incumbent president, as President Ronald Reagan was unable to seek re-election after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Reagan's Vice President, George H. W. Bush, won the Republican nomination, while the...
. Both men were David Duke
David Duke
David Ernest Duke is a former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan an American activist and writer, and former Republican Louisiana State Representative. He was also a former candidate in the Republican presidential primaries in 1992, and in the Democratic presidential primaries in...
's running mate that year, and their Populist Party ticket polled 47,047 votes, for 0.04 percent of the combined, national popular vote.