Mike Gravel 2008 presidential campaign

Mike Gravel for President 2008
Campaign	U.S. presidential election, 2008
Candidate	Mike Gravel U.S. Senator from Alaska (1969–1981) Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives (1965–1967)
Affiliation	Democratic Party Libertarian Party[1]
Status	Withdrawn
Announced	April 17, 2006
Suspended	March 26, 2008
Headquarters	Arlington, Virginia
Key people	Chris Petherick (Chief of Staff) April Shapley (Dep. Chief of Staff) Alex Colvin (Press Secretary) Jon Kraus (New Hampshire State Organizer) J. Skyler McKinley (Deputy Communications Director) Christopher S. Thrasher (National Campaign Coordinator)
Slogan	Let the People Decide
Website
www.gravel2008.us (Archived on September 17, 2012)

The 2008 presidential campaign of Mike Gravel, former Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives and United States Senator from Alaska, began on April 17, 2006, when he declared his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2008 election,^[2] in a speech to the National Press Club.

His campaign gained an Internet following and national attention due to outspoken debate appearances during 2007, but consistently showed little support in national polls. In the 2008 Democratic caucuses and primaries, he did not win any delegates. Out of the eight candidates for the Democratic nomination for president, he received the fewest votes - less than one percent.^[3]

In March 2008, Gravel announced that he had joined the Libertarian Party and would seek its presidential nomination, instead of further pursuing the Democratic nomination.^[4] In May 2008, Gravel finished fourth at the 2008 Libertarian National Convention and ended both his presidential quest and his political career, until his 2020 presidential campaign.