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Marianne Williamson

Candidate for President

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The best-selling self-help author Marianne Williamson is running for a second longshot bid for the White House. She ran as a Democrat in the 2020 presidential primary but dropped out of the race weeks before any votes had been cast.

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From left, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, attend the 9/11 Memorial ceremony on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, on Sept. 11, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo / Yuki Iwamura, File)

Marianne Williamson

Candidate for President

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Background

Additional Election Coverage

Donald Trump Returning to Power After Unprecedented Comeback, Emboldened to Reshape American Institutions

Democrats’ Crisis of the Future: Illinois, California and New York are Shrinking

Joe Biden Casts Doubt on His Fitness to Serve Another Four Years Days Before Term Ends

Mayor Brandon Johnson Picks 10 New School Board Members, as Mayoral Control of CPS Ends

Democratic Governors, Including Pritzker, Are Quietly Preparing Extensive Plans to Counter Donald Trump

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