Herbert G. Lewin was a third-party candidate

Third party (United States)

The term third party is used in the United States for any and all political parties in the United States other than one of the two major parties . The term can also refer to independent politicians not affiliated with any party at all and to write-in candidates.The United States has had a...

 (Peace and Freedom Party

Peace and Freedom Party (United States)

The Peace and Freedom Party is a minor political party in California. Its first candidates appeared on the ballot in 1966, but the national party was officially founded in 1967 as a left-wing organization opposed to the Vietnam War. The party nominated Ralph Nader for President in the 2008 U.S...

) for President of the United States

President of the United States

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 in the 1988 U.S. presidential election in California

California

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. His running mate was Vikki Murdock. They won approximately 10,370 votes, 9,953 of them from New Jersey

New Jersey

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. He is retired union activist for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America

United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America

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Lewin had previously run for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1950 as the candidate of the Militant Worker Party

Socialist Workers Party (United States)

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 coming in last place with 841 votes versus the 1.7 million of John S. Fine

John S. Fine

John Sydney Fine was the 35th Governor of Pennsylvania from January 16, 1951 until January 18, 1955. He was born in Alden, Pennsylvania near Nanticoke and quickly rose in Luzerne County politics, serving as Republican County Chairman and as a Court Judge...

. Lewin ran in 1956 for United States Senator from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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 winning 2,640 votes against the 2.2 million votes for Joseph S. Clark

Joseph S. Clark

Joseph Sill Clark, Jr. was a U.S. lawyer and Democratic Party politician in the mid-20th century. He served as the mayor of Philadelphia from 1952 until 1956, and as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1957 until 1969...

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After his retirement, Lewin, a machinist with Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Lester (PA) Steam Turbine Division, served as a substitute teacher in Philadelphia's vocational public high schools.

He died on March 18, 2010 at the age of 95 from heart failure.