Is Your Neighbor Running For President? Seven Oklahomans File To Run
Seven Oklahomans are among the unknown 2016 presidential candidates
By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
You think a lot of Republicans are running for president in 2016?
You don’t know the half of it.
In fact, you don’t know the tenth of it.
According to the website The Green Papers, 589 people have told the Federal Election Commission they are candidates for president of the United States. That includes 143 Republicans, 87 Democrats and 215 independents.
It includes people identifying themselves as members of the American Freedom Party, the American Party of Florida, the American Independent Party and the just plain American Party.