Physicist Wins N.Y. Reform Party Nod
Positioning itself firmly against Pat Buchanan, the state branch of the Reform Party endorsed a little-known physicist for president Thursday.
“I never knew being so far behind was such an asset,” joked John Hagelin, who hopes to wrest the nomination from front-runner Buchanan in the nationwide mail-in primary that started this week.
Since party founder Ross Perot has decided against running, Hagelin has emerged as the sole challenger to Buchanan for the nomination and $12.6 million in federal election funds.
Hagelin, 46, is a founder of the Natural Law Party, which grew out of the teachings of Transcendental Meditation leader Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. He holds a doctorate in physics from Harvard University and lives in Fairfield, Iowa.
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