Because she could not reach 35 years of age in time for inauguration, she was constitutionally ineligible to serve as vice president.
In those states, Margaret Trowe, the Socialist Workers' vice-presidential candidate from the 2000 ticket, stood in for her on the ballot.
[1] Calero also required an alternate in some states, because he was born in Nicaragua; the original candidate Martin Koppel would also have been ineligible.
[4] She ran for Manhattan Borough president in 2005, winning 2,375 votes (1%), losing by a wide margin to Scott Stringer.
She holds a degree from the University of Minnesota, where she spent time in Senegal studying the role of women in African society.