Andre Marrou
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| Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 5th district |
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In office January 14, 1985 – January 19, 1987 Seat B |
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| Preceded by | Milo Fritz |
| Succeeded by | Claude Swackhammer |
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Andre Verne Marrou December 4, 1938 Nixon, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Libertarian |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Andre Verne Marrou (born December 4, 1938) is an American political figure, affiliated with the Libertarian Party. He was the party's vice-presidential nominee in 1988 and its presidential nominee in 1992. He was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1984.
Born in Nixon, Texas, Marrou graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1962. He is the brother of American television news personality and Judge Chris Marrou.
Marrou first ran for the Alaska House of Representatives in 1982, placing second in a three-way race. He was then elected to the House in 1984. One of twelve Libertarians to be elected to a state legislature, Marrou served for one term, from 1985 to 1987. Running for reelection in 1986, he would lose to Claude E. "Swack" Swackhammer, a former Alaska State Trooper. Marrou left Alaska following his 1986 defeat and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he worked as a real estate broker.
Marrou was the Libertarian vice-presidential nominee in the 1988 election; on the ballot in 46 states and the District of Columbia,U.S. Congressman Ron Paul and Marrou placed third in the popular vote with 432,179 votes (0.5%), behind George H.W. Bush and Michael Dukakis. Paul and Marrou were kept off the ballot in Missouri (due to what the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called a "technicality") and North Carolina, and received votes there only when written in.
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