Maria Elizabeth Muñoz

Maria Elizabeth Muñoz, a Chicana activist, was a third-party candidate for Vice President of the United States in the United States presidential election, 1992, representing the New Alliance Party (NAP) as the running mate of Lenora Fulani. Muñoz also introduced her brother Fernando to the NAP, according to Fulani.

Munoz had been the Peace and Freedom Party candidate for Governor of California in the 1986 and 1990 gubernatorial elections. Fulani had previously tried to gain that party's nomination for President in 1988. In 1988 Muñoz ran for U.S. Senate in California on the Peace & Freedom Party ballot line, finishing third with 166,600 votes for 1.71% of the total vote. 1

References

• Fulani, Lenora B (1992). The Making of a Fringe Candidate ISBN 0962862134