Nader nominated by Reform Party (Texas)

[Judi Lynn]

Nader nominated by Reform Party

09:10 PM CDT on Saturday, August 28, 2004


By BRANDON FORMBY / The Dallas Morning News

IRVING – It was an unlikely party meeting in an unlikely place.

The National Reform Party, an anti-immigration protectionist party founded by Dallas billionaire Ross Perot, endorsed left-leaning independent Ralph Nader as its presidential nominee at a national meeting in Irving on Friday.

Mr. Nader accepted the endorsement in a speech attended by about 75 members Saturday, even though he's not on the ballot in Texas and is not completely aligned ideologically with Reformers.

"No one's ever going to agree with everybody," Mr. Nader said. "You don't always agree on politics with your own family."

Mr. Nader did not meet Texas' deadline to get on the November ballot, and he is challenging the state's ballot-access laws in court.
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