January 2016) was an American independent politician, a prominent perennial candidate from North Bergen, New Jersey who ran for elected office more than 75 times over five decades as an Independent under the "Politicians Are Crooks" banner.
[3] He ran for the United States Senate in 1978, finishing third in a field of seven candidates, running more than 1 million votes behind the winner, Bill Bradley.
[3] Shaw ran against six Congressmen: Henry Helstoski, Harold Hollenbeck, Frank Guarini, Robert Torricelli, Bob Menendez, and Albio Sires.
[3] In 2012, he went to a public meeting of the North Bergen Board of Commissioners to complain that police had not yet located a bathtub stolen from his backyard.
[4] He said the backyard of his house "is packed with junk, including a rusty school bus, old tires, several cars, an unused van, tables, and a variety of other items."