Bill Van Auken (born 1950) is a politician and activist for the Socialist Equality Party and was a presidential candidate in the U.S. presidential election of 2004, announcing his candidacy on January 27, 2004.
[2] In November 2006, Van Auken ran for the United States Senate seat held by Hillary Clinton.
[3] He finished in sixth place, with 6,004 votes.
[4] Van Auken is a full-time reporter for the World Socialist Web Site, and resides in New York City.
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