Jeff Boss
Jeffrey Harlan Boss is an American conspiracy theorist and perennial candidate. He was an independent candidate for President of [the United States] in the 2008 [United States presidential election|2008] and 2012 United [States presidential election|2012] elections, a Democratic candidate in the 2016 election, and the 2020 election.
Electoral history
In 2008, he was an independent candidate for President of the United States as well as a candidate for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey, running under the slogan "Vote Here". He received 639 votes as a presidential candidate and 9,877 in his Senate run.In 2009, Boss was a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for Governor of New Jersey. He finished third, with 8.3% of the vote, in the primary which was won by Jon Corzine, who received 77.2% of the vote.
In the 2012 election, Boss received 1,024 votes for President of the United States.
He ran for the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Jersey in 2013, but was removed from the ballot after the New Jersey Democratic State Committee challenged the nominating petitions of all independent candidates seeking the Democratic nomination. He subsequently filed new petitions to run for governor in the general election and appeared on the ballot as the "NSA Did 911" candidate. Out of the eight candidates, Boss finished last, with 0.1% of the vote.
In 2014, Boss ran for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey as an independent. His slogans were "NSA Whistleblower" and "NSA Did 911". He received 4,513 votes