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Originally Posted by The Bad Astronomer
For example: what was Sadler's platform for running (some of that, but not much, can be gleaned from his website)? How much of the vote did he get? How much experience does he have investigating scientific (and non-scientific) claims? These are all relevant, and pertinent.
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Sadler ran against the incumbent Democrat Jerry F. Costello for U.S. House District 12 in Illinois in 2002 and received 30.7% of the vote (58,413 votes), according to the Associated Press.
For a
UFOlogist politician, that performance is remarkable! UFOlogist
Stephen Bassett conducted a much-hyped campaign for the Maryland 8th Congressional District seat in 2002 and received a whopping 0.71% of the vote (1,420 votes).