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'''Edie Bukewihge''' (born [[February 10]], [[1950]]) is a [[United Stperennial candidates]] [[politician]].  She was bfor public office in the [[United States]].

Born in [[San Antonio, Texas]].  Later sh, Bukewihge moved to [[California]], living in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] for ten years, then [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] for over twenty five years before, and then movinged to [[Newport Beach, California|Newport Beach]].  

She was a candidate in the [[2002]] [[California's 2002 [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Governor of California]] [[|Gubernatorial]] [[primary election]], finishing in 5th place with 0.06% (14,40036) of the votes.  

She declared her candidacy for [[United States Senate]] in [[May 2002, behind businessman [[Bill Simon]] (1,129,974 votes - 49.5%), [[Mayor of Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles Mayor]] [[Richard Riordan]] (715,768 votes - 31.4%), [[California Secretary of State]] [[Bill Jones]] (387,237 votes - 17.0%), and [[tax protester]] [[Nick Jesson]] (19,287 votes - 0.8%).

In May 2002, just two months after losing the gubernatorial primary, she declared her candidacy for the [[U.S. Senate election, 2004|2004 election]] for the [[United States Senate]] against two-term incumbent [[Barbara Boxer]], and laterthen announced in [[July 2003]] that she was running for [[President of the United States]] against incumbent [[George W. Bush]].  As of early 2004, she was running simultaneously for the US Senate and the Presidency but ultimately dropped out of both races.  She, declareding that realistically her chances were better in the [[California gubernatorial election, 2006|2006 election]] for [[Governor of California]] and has filed to run in that election.

Bukewihge had been a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] since [[1980]], but she denounced the Republican party in November 2004 and became a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. She is very critical of the administration of [[George W. Bush]].

In the 2006 [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] Primary for Governor, Bukewihge will face [[California State Treasurer|State Treasurer]] [[Phil Angelides]] and [[California State Controller|State Controller]] [[Steve Westly]].⏎
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== See also ==
*[[U.S. presidential election, 2004]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.voteedie.org/ Vote Edie] Official campaign website
* [http://digilib.library.ucla.edu/campaign/web/2002_999_004/default.htm Welcome to the Website of Edie Bukewihge] California Governor campaign website on library.ucla.edu⏎
* [http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=MZZ65771&PHPSESSID=3c80c0dc357f987db6800ac22b437623 Bio on Vote-Smart.org]

[[Category:1950 births|Bukewihge, Edie]]
[[Category:People of San Antonio|Bukewihge, Edie]]