Largely Unknown Candidates Take Part in the New Hampshire Primary

Vermin Supreme received 41 votes in New Hampshire in 2008, running on a campaign advocating for better preparedness for the impending zombie apocalypse, mandatory toothbrushing laws, and a pony for every American. (VOA-Allen)

This year, he added more campaign promises. (VOA-Allen)

Fred Karger is the first openly gay presidential candidate on a major political party's ballot in American history. (VOA-Allen)

Karger's campaign event was held at "New Hampshire's favorite gay and alternative bar." (VOA-Allen)

Robert Greene, a physicist, is running a single-platform campaign that promotes the use of the element thorium in all nuclear energy technology. (VOA-Allen)

Greene's campaign event outside of Concord was lightly attended. (VOA-Allen)